Intravenous catheter placement & Care

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Association of Anaesthetists guidelines: safe vascular access 2025

Guía práctica para la colocación ecográfica de accesos venosos y arteriales en pediatría. Recomendaciones GAVA (Practical guide for ultrasound-guided placement of venous and arterial access in pediatrics) GAVA Recommendations

Clinical review: Vascular access for fluid infusion in children

Open Pediatrics: Peripheral Intravenous Line Placement

OpenPediatrics: Assessment of Peripheral Intravenous Lines

BabyBlocks: “Blind” Access

Clinical and Demographic Factors Associated with Pediatric Difficult Intravenous Access in the Operating Room

How I Get My Patients In The Perfect Position For IV Cannulation

BabyBlocks: Paediatric IV Cannulation

BabyBlocks: How to Remove an IV Cannula

Managing Luer Connections - Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

Effective utilisation of rapid infusion catheters in perioperative care: a narrative review

https://twitter.com/tessardavis/status/1481602271330938886?s=21

Wound Care After Peripheral Intravenous Extravasation: What Is the Evidence?

Clinical and demographic factors associated with pediatric difficult intravenous access in the operating room

Mining large data on small veins to inform pediatric perioperative difficult intravenous access

Administration of vasopressors through peripheral venous catheters

Intravenous access and blood pressure monitoring in patients with previous axillary nodal dissection

Comparison Between Retrograde and Antegrade Peripheral Venous Cannulation in Intensive Care Unit Patients: Assessment of Thrombus Formation

Twitter: French and Gauge

Disinfection and Catheter Related Infection

Drugeon B, Mihala G, Schults J, Bigaud B, Guenezan J, Batiot G, Barker N, Marjanovic N, Buetti N, Mimoz O: Chlorhexidine vs Povidone-Iodine and Incidence of Catheter-Related Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA network open 2026, 9(2):e2558954.

McDonnell G, Russell AD: Antiseptics and disinfectants: activity, action, and resistance. Clin Microbiol Rev 1999, 12(1):147–179.

Casey A, Itrakjy A, Birkett C, Clethro A, Bonser R, Graham T, Mascaro J, Pagano D, Rooney S, Wilson I et al: A comparison of the efficacy of 70% v/v isopropyl alcohol with either 0.5% w/v or 2% w/v chlorhexidine gluconate for skin preparation before harvest of the long saphenous vein used in coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Infect Control 2015, 43(8):816–820.

Extravasation

Guidelines for the management of extravasation

Management of noncytotoxic extravasation injuries: A focused update on medications, treatment strategies, and peripheral administration of vasopressors and hypertonic saline

A systematic review of extravasation and local tissue injury from administration of vasopressors through peripheral intravenous catheters and central venous catheters

Infiltration and extravasation of intravenous infusions in children-value of high-quality care on outcome

Treatment and Complications of IV Infiltration of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents

Adverse Events of Peripherally Administered Norepinephrine During Surgery: A Prospective Multicenter Study

Gibian JT, Zakria D, March C, Schaheen B, Drolet BC. Outcomes and management of peripheral intravenous infiltration injuries. Hand (N Y). 2022 Jan; 17(1): 148-154. PMID: 32111122

Massand S, Carr L, Schneider E, Johnson TS. Management of intravenous infiltration injuries. Ann Plast Surg. 2019 Dec; 83(6): e55-e58. PMID: 31688099

Securement

Novel Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Securement for Children and Catheter Failure Reduction: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Charters B, Foster K, Lawton B, Lee L, Byrnes J, Mihala G, Cassidy C, Schults J, Kleidon TM, McCaffery R, Van K, Funk V, Ullman A. Novel Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Securement for Children and Catheter Failure Reduction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Apr 1:e240167. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0167. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38558161; PMCID: PMC10985620.

Bettencourt A, Ruppel H, Bonafide CP. Advancing Evidence-Based Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Securement. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Apr 1. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0177. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38557797.

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Analgesia for placement

Comparison of Children's Venipuncture Fear and Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial of EMLA® and J-Tip Needleless Injection System®

The use of EMLA cream to decrease venipuncture pain in children

Comparing two methods of topical anesthesia used before intravenous cannulation in pediatric patients

Comparison of iontophoresis of lidocaine with a eutectic mixture of lidocaine and prilocaine (EMLA) for topically administered local anesthesia

Reducing Pain With IV Insertion Using a Needleless Anesthetic Device in the Pediatric Ambulatory Surgery Unit