Introduction: Almost half of the patients who are administered intravenous fluid infusion or blood transfusion via IV cannula insertion develop phlebitis. This study was conducted to assess occurrence and risk factors phlebitis among peripheral cannulated admitted in emergency wards SKIMS, Soura, Srinagar with a view prevention protocol. Methodology: A non-experimental descriptive research desi...

Venous lesions in Behçet's disease (BD) were defined by Adamantiades and represent one of the most suggestive signs of the disease. They are occasionally the first sign of the disease and are frequently the basis for the diagnosis in a case of recurrent thrombosis in a young subject, the preferential context of BD. Involvement of superficial vessels is virtually constant. Venous vasculitis is r...

Introduction: Peripheral Intravenous catheterization is the most commonly used invasive treatment method in patients admitted to the hospitals, but it has some complications. The indwell time of catheter is one of the factors associated with the occurrence of complications, especially phlebitis. In spite of the instructions for replacing the catheters after 72 hours, sometimes the complications...

The histopathological features of erythema nodosum-like lesions remain controversial with regard to whether they resemble those of conventional erythema nodosum. We reviewed the clinicopathological features of erythema nodosum-like lesions in 26 patients with Behçet's disease and evaluated the clinical characteristics of Behçet's disease in these patients. The results suggest that: (i) the clin...

OBJECTIVES To correlate the average number of nursing care hours dedicated to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients with nursing care indicators. METHOD Transverse, descriptive study conducted between 2011 and 2013. Data were obtained from the electronic records system and from the nursing staff daily schedule. Generalized Linear Models were used for analysis. RESULTS A total of 1,717 patients...

Vasculitis is an inflammatory disease of blood vessels that can affect all types of vessels in any organ of the body, including the vessels of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It may be secondary to systemic disorders, such as connective tissue disease (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis), infection (e.g., bacterial endocarditis), malignancy, or drugs. Primary localize...