critically ill patients
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: critically ill patients who are expected to be admitted in ICU for more than 24 hours
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who is expected to be discharged from ICU within 24 hours. 2. Patients who do not need new peripheral infusion line. 3. Patients whose catheter is not able to be fixed appropriately such as burn patients.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| peripheral intravenous catheter related complications: the rate of contamination of the top of the catheter, skin complication at the site of catheter insertion: redness, swelling, bleeding, ulcer. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| obstruction or kink of catheter, phlebitis, intravenous infusion leakage | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
The University of Tokushima Graduate School Emergency and Critical Care Medicine