Integrated versus nonintegrated peripheral intravenous catheter in hospitalized adults (OPTIMUM): A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One-third of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) fail from inflammatory or infectious complications, causing substantial treatment interruption and replacement procedures.

Objectives

We aimed to compare complications between integrated PIVCs (inbuilt extension sets, wings, and flattened bases) and traditional nonintegrated PIVCs.

Designs, settings and participants

A centrally randomized, controlled, superiority trial (with allocation concealment until study entry) was conducted in three Australian hospitals. Medical-surgical patients (one PIVC each) requiring intravenous therapy for >24 h were studied.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome was device failure (composite: occlusion, infiltration, phlebitis, dislodgement, local, or bloodstream

SUBMITTER: Rickard CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099685 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature