A cateterização intravascular venosa - em especial, cateteres venosos centrais é um procedimento extremamente frequente pacientes cirúrgicos. Há diversas complicações a depender do sítio de inserção. Alocação anômala da ponta cateter na punção veia subclávia exemplo disso. Uma manobra simples que pode ser realizada fim minimizar esta complicação Ambesh, sobretudo, para garantir desfecho favoráv...

OBJECTIVE To identify the presence of phlebitis and the factors that influence the development of this complication in adult patients admitted to hospital in the western Brazilian Amazon. METHOD Exploratory study with a sample of 122 peripheral intravenous catheters inserted in 122 patients in a medical unit. Variables related to the patient and intravenous therapy were analyzed. For the anal...

Objective: To evaluate the safety and feasibility of the use of indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) in patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Methods: We prospectively collected data from patients with MPE undergoing IPC placement between January of 2014 and July of 2015. All patients submitted to IPC placement had a life expectancy > 30 days, in accordance with the MPE treatment gui...