contrast to previous publications, which identified arterial events with higher rates than venous events. This discrepancy may indicate that the high number of venous TEEs observed by Sridhar and colleagues may have been largely driven by cases of phlebitis or thrombophlebitis. Unfortunately, separate numbers for these types of events have not been provided by the authors. Pooling events such a...

BACKGROUND The positioning of peripheral venous catheters (PVC) is an invasive procedure commonly performed in pediatrics hospital wards to obtain vascular access for the administration of fluids, medications and other intravenous (IV) therapies. Many studies exist about management of peripheral venous access in adults. On the contrary, scientific evidence on the management of this procedure in...

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...