Is infusion phlebitis preventable?

Infusion phlebitis assessment measures: a systematic review

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Phlebitis is a common and painful complication of peripheral intravenous cannulation. The aim of this review was to identify the measures used in infusion phlebitis assessment and evaluate evidence regarding their reliability, validity, responsiveness and feasibility. METHOD We conducted a systematic literature review of the Cochrane library, Ovid MEDLINE and EB...

Infusion phlebitis in patients in a general internal medicine service.

Possibilities include an unknown confounder that theoretically was controlled for during randomization, but can have an effect with small sample sizes,4 a postrandomization selection bias of some type that we did not detect, chance, and the possibility that we actually found a steroid effect at 2 h. One strength of our study that is not followed in other asthma studies was the recruitment of pa...

Is gastric cancer preventable?

Gastric cancer is a major health burden worldwide and prevention is the most promising strategy to control the disease. The available scientific evidence indicates that curing Helicobacter pylori infection results in a modest retardation of the precancerous process but does not prevent all cancers. Individuals at the highest risk should be cured of their infection and monitored endoscopically t...

Severe intoxication after phenytoin infusion: a preventable pharmacogenetic adverse reaction.

Neurology G. Citerio, A. Nobili, L. Airoldi, R. Pastorelli and A. Patruno adverse reaction Severe intoxication after phenytoin infusion: A preventable pharmacogenetic This information is current as of November 24, 2009 http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/60/8/1395 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is All righ...

Prematurity is preventable!