%0 Journal Article
%A Pérez Granda, María Jesús
%A Guzmán Blanco, Francisca
%A Aguado Díaz, Sonia
%A Jiménez Bautista, Rosario
%A Orense Velilla, Julia
%A Rodríguez Calero, Juana
%A Valls, María Luisa
%A Arellano, Antonio Vicente
%A García Santos, Pilar
%A Muñoz García, Patricia Carmen
%A Guembe, María
%A Carrascosa Tamayo, Francisco Jesús
%A Vales, Juliana Aguilar
%A Lobo, Beatriz Martínez
%A Sánchez de la Torre, José Carlos
%A Soto González, María Antonia
%A Lagar, Rocío Barragán
%A Gil de Vicente, Helena
%A Gámez, María Amor
%A Atienza, Isabel Sigüenza
%A Nieto, Pilar Martín
%A González, Ángeles Soto
%T The endoscopy department can alert to complications associated with peripheral venous catheters in patients admitted to a tertiary teaching hospital
%D 2024
%@ 2405-8440
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119932
%X BackgroundThe more widespread use of peripheral venous catheters (PVC) has led to more frequent complications, not only in PVC-associated bacteremia, but also in phlebitis. This requires the catheter to be removed and increases healthcare costs. Our aim was to assess the PVC-associated complications in an endoscopy department.MethodsWe performed a cross‐sectional, descriptive study on patients admitted to our center and undergoing a procedure in the endoscopy department. We analyzed the appearance of the following PVC-associated complications: obstruction, phlebitis, redness, extravasation, pain, and infection on the day of the study. All catheter tips were sent to the microbiology laboratory for culture using the roll-plate semiquantitative technique. Clinical and microbiological data were collected.ResultsWe included a total of 46 patients with 50 PVCs. The median (IQR) age was 70.0 (55.0–81.5) years, and 58.7% were female. The median (IQR) hospital stay was 9.00 (6.00–14.25) days. Of the 50 PVCs, most were inserted in the emergency room (74.0%), and the median (IQR) indwelling time was 5.00 (3.00–7.00) days. The phlebitis rate was 78.0%, which occurred mainly in PVCs inserted in the emergency room (74.3%). The tip was colonized in 9 PVCs (18.0%).ConclusionThe endoscopy department can alert clinicians to PVC-associated complications. PVCs inserted in the emergency room were subject to a higher risk of phlebitis and/or colonization. Therefore, we recommend systematically replacing PVCs inserted in the emergency room within 48 h if preventive measures during insertion cannot be guaranteed.
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