Effect of implementing an Epicutaneo-Caval Catheter team in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Until the 1980s, central vascular access in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was predominantly delivered by umbilical catheters and only and if needed by surgical cutdowns or subclavian vein catheterization through blind percutaneous venipuncture. In the early 1980s, epicutaneo-caval catheters were successfully introduced.

Methods

In our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a dedicated team to insert epicutaneo-caval catheters was formally established in January 2017, including 12 neonatologists and 1 neonatal nurse practitioner. A before- versus after-intervention study was designed to determine whether the establishment of the epicutaneo-caval catheter insertion team is associated with increased success rates and a decreased risk of catheter-related complications. Succ

SUBMITTER: Bayoumi MAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7983328 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature