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Filter by:This research seeks to compare two types of vascular access (catheters that are inserted into the vein) for patient treatment during hospitalization. This research will evaluate how long each catheter lasts before presenting problems that may lead to its removal from the vein (the most common are swelling on the site of the catheter, clogging of the catheter, infections, or other less common problems. Each patient will be randomly selected to receive either catheter. In this study, we will also estimate how much each patient will spend if any of the problems mentioned occur.
In intensive care units (ICU), critically ill patients require various venous access devices for fluid resuscitation, drug therapy, or renal replacement therapy (RRT). These include peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVC), specialized venous ports like central venous catheters (CVCs), and hemodialysis ports. The investigators plan to do this pre- and post-intervention study to know the effect of intensive training and education of HCW (doctors and nurses) on the condition of venous access devices in critically ill patients.
The purpose of this investigation is to conduct a randomized, patient-blinded prospective controlled trial comparing peripheral intravenous cannulation in children done by: 1. Conventional landmark cannulation where the intravenous cannulation is done by direct visual guidance or palpation or a combination thereof. 2. Ultrasound guided cannulation by means of DNTP. The investigators hypothesize that with ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation the first-attempt success rate will be significantly higher than by the conventional landmark cannulation technique.