Phlebitis Signs and Symptoms with Peripheral Intravenous Catheters: Incidence and Correlation Study

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Title: Phlebitis Signs and Symptoms with Peripheral Intravenous Catheters: Incidence and Correlation Study
Author/Creator: Mihala, Gabor | Ray-Barruel, Gillian | Chopra, Vineet | Webster, Joan | Wallis, M | Marsh, Nicole | McGrail, Matthew | Rickard, Claire R
Description: This study was undertaken to calculate the incidence of 8 signs and symptoms used for the diagnosis of phlebitis with peripheral intravenous catheters, or short peripheral catheters, and the level of correlation between them. A total of 22 789 daily observations of 6 signs (swelling, erythema, leakage, palpable venous cord, purulent discharge, and warmth) and 2 symptoms (pain and tenderness) were analyzed of 5907 catheter insertion sites. Most signs and symptoms of phlebitis occurred only occasionally or rarely; the incidence of tenderness was highest (5.7%). Correlations were mostly low; warmth correlated strongly with tenderness, swelling, and erythema. © 2018 Infusion Nurses Society.
Relation: Journal of Infusion Nursing / Vol. 41, No. 4, pp.260-263
Relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NAN.0000000000000288
Year: 2018
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Subject: FoR 1110 (Nursing) | correlation of data | phlebitis | Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient | vascular catheters

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