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NCT05714137
Reducing the Risk of Phlebitis From Peripheral Venous Catheter
Conditions: Phlebitis
Sex: All
Ages: 18 Years – N/A
Phase: NA
Enrollment: 36
Sponsor: Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Location: Turkey
Summary
Nurses frequently use peripheral venous catheters in hospitals to provide medications and fluids for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes.
Peripheral venous catheter use brought various problems, including phlebitis, infiltration, extravasation, ecchymosis, thrombophlebitis, and embolism, in addition to being a regularly utilized nursing practice.
The literature used techniques like heat application, fist clenching, and proximal massage to lower the risk of thrombophlebitis and associated problems.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:Patients who volunteered to participate in the study,Who are over 18 years old,Having no barriers to written and verbal communication in Turkish,IV treatment was applied during the hospitalization period and IV treatment was recently started,Patients with IV cannula in the upper extremityIn the last six months before hospitalization, IV treatment was not applied,A maximum of 2 IV attempts should be made on a patient.Patients without chronic dermatological and/or vascular disease.Exclusion Criteria:Patients who did not volunteer to participate in the study, unconscious patients,IV attempts were made to the same patient more than 4 times in total,Patients with IV cannula in the lower extremity.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05714137). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.
