Study Analyzes Peripheral IV Catheter Failure Peripheral IV catheters are the most frequently utilized in-dwelling device. Nearly all hospitalized patients have an IV catheter inserted during their stay. However, these devices are not risk-free and are prone to complications and failures that can interfere with the treatment course. In order to determine the extent of these problematic issues, investigators conducted a secondary analysis of 12 prospective studies. Read more.
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Possible Heparin Resistance in Patients Who Use IV Drugs
Recently it was observed that patients who use IV drugs may require higher heparin doses. However, there is a paucity of literature evaluating continuous heparin infusion rates in patients with a history of IV drug use. This review evaluated whether patients with a documented history of IV drug initiated on weight-based heparin infusions required higher than expected infusion rates to achieve a therapeutic activated partial thromboplastin time. Read more.
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