Open AccessDuration of peripheral intravenous catheter patency in children
Author(s) -
Marian Thorpe,
Warren Berry,
Juliet Soper
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/pxaa038
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , saline , anesthesia , peripheral , surgery
This study aimed to compare the impact of saline lock to running a slow continuous infusion to-keep-vein-open (TKVO) on the total time a peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheter remained patent.