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"CLABSI rates in pediatric short bowel syndrome have decreased over the past 8 years, yet socioeconomic and racial disparities persist. Efforts to prevent CLABSI across the socioeconomic spectrum should be prioritized to improve short bowel syndrome outcomes" Gutierrez et al (2025).
"This study underscores the importance of incorporating distraction techniques, such as blowing pinwheel and the cough trick, into pediatric pain management protocols for venipuncture, thereby improving children's pain experiences" Merter et al (2025).
"The international literature, especially in North America and Europe, has shown that the use of midline catheters and long peripheral intravenous catheters have similarities regarding greater safety and lower risk of complications" Teixeira et al (2025).
"The findings of this study highlight the need to improve the knowledge, attitude, and practice of nurses in PICC-related thrombosis prevention. It was observed that nurses had weak practice enthusiasm in risk factor assessment, which corresponds to the low correct rate in answering certain some risk factor assessment items of knowledge dimension" Zhang et al (2025).
"We report the case of a 21-year-old woman at 29 weeks and four days of gestation who presented with one-week history of severe epigastric pain, pleuritic chest pain, dyspnoea, and chills. A peripherally inserted central catheter line had been placed at 14 weeks of gestation for outpatient management of hyperemesis gravidarum" Anderson et al (2025).
"This study aimed to evaluate infection trends, pathogen distribution, and antimicrobial resistance patterns in central and peripheral line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs and PLABSIs) in Victorian Level 6 neonatal intensive care units between July 1st, 2008, and June 30th, 2024" Liu et al (2025).
"In our systematic review we have found a small number of studies comparing IV and IO adrenaline administration during cardiac arrest. Due to significant heterogeneity, a meta-analysis was not performed and no firm conclusions could be drawn about which route of adrenalin administration leads to better outcomes" Pouwels et al (2025).
New publication on the Feasibility and Safety of bedside placement of tunneled dialysis catheters: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence from the Journal of…
"MARSI is prevalent in cancer patients with PICC. Modifiable risk factors should guide prevention strategies, including careful adhesive selection and regular skin assessments to improve patient outcomes" Li et al (2025).
">Needle-Free connectors (NFCs) are widely used to access vascular infusion circuits. Despite their safety benefits, NFCs still present risks for colonization and vascular ingress by pathogenic microbes" Truong et al (2025).
"To examine the variation of the operative definition and occurrence of unused peripheral intravenous catheters in pre-hospital and hospital settings, and to describe possible predictors of this phenomenon" Ambrosi et al (2025).
"The findings emphasize the need for targeted educational programs and continuous professional development to address knowledge gaps in CVC-RI prevention. Healthcare institutions should prioritize up-to-date curricula, ongoing training initiatives, and reliable information sources to enhance ICU nurses' ability to prevent catheter-related infections and improve patient care outcomes" Alshammari et al (2025).
