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Filter by:Female patients undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer often experience pain and discomfort when a peripheral venous catheter is inserted. This randomized, controlled trial investigates whether there is a difference in the degree of pain during PVC insertion in patients who exercise their arms, and whether exercise improves vein status. Participation involves: - Everyone must have had their peripheral venous catheter (PVC) inserted at least five times in the DROP-IN, which is an outpatient clinic staffed by anesthesia nurses who are specialists in applying PVCs. - Everyone will three times be asked to answer some questions in the DROP-IN, have their grip strength measured in both hands, and have the course of the veins in their arms clarified. - The training group must do arm training exercises daily for at least eight weeks (training equipment is provided) - Ten participants will at the end of the project period be invited to participate in a telephone interview about experiences of vein status during a cancer treatment course.
Enrollment criteria and clinical data collection: following the principles of medical ethics, the development of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Selecting 200 cases of chronic venous disease (CVD) according to the Comprehensive Classification System for Chronic Venous Disorders (CEAP) divided into 6 Clinical stages (C1-C6) (Group A). Selecting 200 healthy participants without CVD (C0) as controls (Group B). Blood samples will be collected from both groups. Markers of pyroptosis (NETs, Caspase-1 and Cytokines) will be evaluated between the two groups and between the subgroups, according to clinical stage, in group A.
VeinViewer® Vision will significantly increase the number of peripheral intravenous catheter access targets perceived by clinicians with experience in intravenous cannulation when compared to the number of access targets that these clinicians are able to visualize unaided or to palpate.