This is an exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative approach, which aimed at describing the use of central venous catheters for a short period in an intensive care unit regarding their insertion, maintenance, and removal, and at identifying the profile of patients who received the catheter in the period from June to December 2012, in a private hospital in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Data were collected through a questionnaire filled in with information contained in the medical records of the patients and their observation. The types of catheter used were double lumen catheter (76%), single lumen catheter (24%) and the puncture site accesses were in the subclavian vein (64%) and in the jugular vein (36%). Among the reasons for the cathe...
Introducción: La colocación de catéter venoso central es un procedimiento que se realiza en unidades...
Objectivo: Avaliar a incidência de complicações relacionadas com o cateterismo venoso central e a ex...
Objetivo: Determinar el nivel de conocimientos del cuidado de catéter venoso central en enfermeras ...
The ICU is a highly complex sector, and among the wide range of interventions performed in the inten...
Central Venous Catheters (CVC), widely used in Intensive Care Units (ICU) are important sources of b...
Background and objectives: Perioperative physicians occasionally encounter situations where central ...
Introduction: Central venous catheters are fundamental to daily clinical practice. This procedure is...
Objetivo: descrever as variáveis associadas à trombose nos pacientes com cateter venoso central de i...
Introduction: The insertion of the central venous catheter (CVC) has meant a great advance in m...
The study aimed to analyze the history of the use of the peripherally inserted central catheters in ...
Objective: to identify the main nursing care in the prevention of central venous catheter related. M...
O uso do cateter venoso central é apontado como um importante fator de risco para infecção da corren...
Hospital infection constitutes a serious public health problem. Patients admitted to the Intensive C...
Introdução: Aproximadamente 150 milhoes de cateteres venosos centrais sao usados todos os anos nos E...
Introduction. Nosocomial infections are a trascendental public health problem. Healthcare profession...
Introducción: La colocación de catéter venoso central es un procedimiento que se realiza en unidades...
Objectivo: Avaliar a incidência de complicações relacionadas com o cateterismo venoso central e a ex...
Objetivo: Determinar el nivel de conocimientos del cuidado de catéter venoso central en enfermeras ...
The ICU is a highly complex sector, and among the wide range of interventions performed in the inten...
Central Venous Catheters (CVC), widely used in Intensive Care Units (ICU) are important sources of b...
Background and objectives: Perioperative physicians occasionally encounter situations where central ...
Introduction: Central venous catheters are fundamental to daily clinical practice. This procedure is...
Objetivo: descrever as variáveis associadas à trombose nos pacientes com cateter venoso central de i...
Introduction: The insertion of the central venous catheter (CVC) has meant a great advance in m...
The study aimed to analyze the history of the use of the peripherally inserted central catheters in ...
Objective: to identify the main nursing care in the prevention of central venous catheter related. M...
O uso do cateter venoso central é apontado como um importante fator de risco para infecção da corren...
Hospital infection constitutes a serious public health problem. Patients admitted to the Intensive C...
Introdução: Aproximadamente 150 milhoes de cateteres venosos centrais sao usados todos os anos nos E...
Introduction. Nosocomial infections are a trascendental public health problem. Healthcare profession...
Introducción: La colocación de catéter venoso central es un procedimiento que se realiza en unidades...
Objectivo: Avaliar a incidência de complicações relacionadas com o cateterismo venoso central e a ex...
Objetivo: Determinar el nivel de conocimientos del cuidado de catéter venoso central en enfermeras ...