A prevalence study into use and management of peripheral intravenous catheters
Introduction: There are over half of patients admitted to the hospital required peripheral intravascular catheter (PIVC) inserted. However, there are no data reported on the use of PIVC in Malaysia. Thus, this study aims to determine the prevalence of PIVCs use and PIVC complications in patients...
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Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia.
2016
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/72116/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72116/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72116/1/72116%20A%20prevalence%20study%20into%20use%20and%20management.pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: There are over half of patients admitted to the hospital required peripheral
intravascular catheter (PIVC) inserted. However, there are no data reported on the use of
PIVC in Malaysia. Thus, this study aims to determine the prevalence of PIVCs use and PIVC
complications in patients with PIVC. Methods: An observational study was conducted on
patients who had PIVC in medical, surgical, obstetric and orthopedic wards in Hospital
Tunku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Malaysia. Results: Over 2 months, the total admission for
4 wards was 1466 and out of this total admission, 490 patients were recruited. Reasons for
PIVC insertion were for IV fluids (62.4%) and for medication administration (31.8%). Most of
the PIVC inserted in the general ward (91.8%) followed by from an emergency department.
The PIVC insertion was done by the doctor (84.5%). All patients used the same brand of
catheter, which is Vasofix Branulle and used transparent polyurethane dressing. There
were 28 (5.7%) patients have signs of thrombophlebitis. The Chi-square test showed that
there was a significant association between day of PIVC insertion with thrombophlebitis
(p = 0.006). Conclusions: In conclusion, the study processes resulted in a proportion of
33.4% of patients with PIVC with the total number of admission to the 4 wards and 5.7%
patients have signs of thrombophlebitis. |
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