1. Peripherally inserted central catheter obstruction in packed red blood cell transfusions in neonates
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Maria Gorete de Brito Cunha, Mitzy Tânnia Reichembach Danski, Clélia Mozara Giacomozzi, Andreia Tomazoni, and Denise Miyuki Kussahara
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Central Venous Catheterization ,Erythrocyte Transfusion ,Evidence-Based Practice ,Neonatal Nursing ,Newborn ,Nursing ,RT1-120 - Abstract
ABSTRACT Objectives: to estimate incidence and free time of peripherally inserted central catheter obstruction in newborns undergoing red blood cell transfusion in the first 24 hours after the procedure. Methods: a longitudinal study, carried out with neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a teaching hospital in Paraná, between January and July 2019. The sample consisted of 46 transfusion events performed in neonates through a peripherally inserted central catheter. Analysis performed according to descriptive statistics. Results: thirty-one catheters were analyzed, inserted in 24 neonates, through which 46 red blood cell transfusions were performed. Most neonates were male, gestational age
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- 2022
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