BACKGROUND Magnesium sulphate is a high-risk medication that is used extensively for prophylaxis and treatment of eclampsia. To accommodate recommendations related to fluid restrictions and patient safety, a protocol was developed for the administration of 20% magnesium sulphate. OBJECTIVES To determine whether administration of 20% magnesium sulphate increased the risk of phlebitis relative ...

OBJECTIVE To identify the presence of phlebitis and the factors that influence the development of this complication in adult patients admitted to hospital in the western Brazilian Amazon. METHOD Exploratory study with a sample of 122 peripheral intravenous catheters inserted in 122 patients in a medical unit. Variables related to the patient and intravenous therapy were analyzed. For the anal...

V E N O U S THROMmSIS HAS BEEN A W N troversial subject since John Hunter, in 1786, and Jean Cruveilhier, some 50 years later, enunciated the doctrine that "phlebitis dominates all pathology." VUchow, in 1846, aided by study with the m i m o p e , stated that the predisposing conditions to venous thrombosis were: "inflammatory or degenerative changes in the v e l wall, chemical or physical chan...