Phlebitis stages indicates the severity of inflammation in a vein due to an intravenous (IV) catheter. The score ranges from 0–4, according to how severe the symptoms are. Symptoms in the early stage ...

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) utilization among cancer survivors. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text component.

Is it beneficial to change peripheral indwelling intravenous catheters after 72-96 hours? To answer this question, the authors performed a randomized controlled trial comparing routine (n = 1690) with ...

Patients with testicular cancer had fewer venous access-related complications and overall thrombotic events when first-line chemotherapy was delivered via peripheral intravenous access compared with ...

Please can you give a brief introduction to intravenous catheters? Peripheral intravenous catheters (“IV drips”) are small plastic tubes inserted into veins, most frequently in the hand or arm. They ...

Bedside caregivers need rapid access to resources that quantify and describe the properties, such as osmolality, pH, and chemical composition, of IV solutions and medications to assure correct ...

The necessity for routine replacement of an IV peripheral cannula to prevent bacteremia was evaluated in a high-quality randomized trial. Patients older than 18 years (N = 755) without current ...

Phlebitis is an inflammation of a vein. It can result from a blood clot or damage to the vein’s walls. Symptoms include painful lumps beneath the skin and flushing or darkening of the skin. Share on ...