BACKGROUND Peripheral Intravenous cannula (IV) is the most common vascular access device used to administer medications with the exception of medication or fluid with high or low PH or hyperosmolarity which may cause severe damage to small veins. The insertion of a peripheral intravenous cannula in newborn infants can be difficult. Appropriate veins with sufficient capacity to insert a cannula ...

In hospital outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) many patients are initially colonized without infection. The reasons why some progress to infection while others do not are not known. A cohort of 479 hospital patients, initially only colonized with MRSA, was followed prospectively for the development of MRSA infection. Risk factors for progression to infection were as...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection frequently presents as a self-limited process, however, severe cases and even fatalities have been reported. The authors present a case of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection associated with both encephalopathy and peripheral neuropathy that responded to intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of Mycoplasma pneumoniae r...

BACKGROUND Thrombosis is the most common complication during cardiac catheterization via femoral artery access. Alongside heparinization, fibrinolytic therapy is recommended if there are signs of ischemia in the lower extremity. OBJECTIVES Given the paucity of data in the existing literature on streptokinase (SK) therapy in pediatrics, we designed this study to assess the efficacy of SK in pe...

OBJECTIVE The objective was to present a straightforward, step-by-step reproducible technique for placement of a guide-wire into any type of urethral catheter, thereby offering a means of access similar to that of a council-tip in a situation that may require a different type of catheter guided over a wire. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using a shielded intravenous catheter inserted into the eyelet o...

OBJECT By making the "vascularized nerve flap for complete spinal cord gap" model, we assessed the histological effect of this method. METHOD Eight female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 2 groups: group A and group B. Group A included "nonvascularized nerve flap" models, whereas group B consisted of "vascularized nerve flap" models. In each group, we transferred peripheral nerves to fil...

11 Extremely low birth weight neonates who developed skin discoloration after peripheral arterial catheterization were given intra-arterial papaverine before the removal of arterial line. The skin color turned normal in all these neonates and none developed residual damage. In 3 neonates who could not receive papaverine, one developed gangrene of fingers.

OBJECTIVE To determine if peripheral intravenous cannula dead space is taken into account when setting up intravenous infusions (in particular nitrate infusions) in the emergency department. METHOD A postal survey of UK emergency departments. RESULTS Of the 143 (58%) of UK departments who responded, only 15% reported priming the cannula before commencing the nitrate infusion. CONCLUSIONS ...