This rare malady of obscure aetiology being characterized chiefly by its recurrent attacks of migrating-phlebitis in peripheral as well as in visceral veins. Moorhead and Abrahamson (1928) have described four cases, showing recurrent attacks of phlebitis in various sites, e.g., in the upper and lower limbs, in the mesenteric veins causing abdominal pain, melaena, etc., in the lungs producing pa...

Thrombophlebitis is a common complication of intravenous therapy with incidence of 24% to 29% (3, 6), which is rarely serious but the pain is often vc-ry bothersome (I). To minimise infusion phlebitis, various measures have been suggested (6). Woodhouse (8) used 'Movelat cream', as a preventive measure, containing I% adrenocortical extract, 0.2'" organoheparinoid, 22% salicylic acid in cream ba...

CĂ­l: CĂ­lem studie bylo zjistit incidenci infuznĂ­ flebitidy u dětĂ­ hospitalizovanĂ˝ch s onemocněnĂ­m diabetes mellitus se zavedenĂ˝m perifernĂ­m ĹžilnĂ­m katĂŠtrem. Metodika: ObservačnĂ­ zkoumala mĂ­sto zavedenĂ­ perifernĂ­ho ĹžilnĂ­ho katĂŠtru (PĹ˝K) pomocĂ­ hodnotĂ­cĂ­ho nĂĄstroje Visual Infusion Phlebitis scale – VIP (Tab. 1) 209 ve věku 6–11 let. VĂ˝zkum probĂ­hal v 7 ne...