[Phlebitis in peripheral catheters (I). Incidence and risk factors]

Rev Enferm. 2004 Sep;27(9):25-32.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The type of pathology and the current therapeutic tendencies justify that endovenous therapy is the most frequently selected one. Although it has multiple advantages, it bears with it a series of infectious type complications (bacterial infections, phlebitis and thrombophlebitis). Even though bacterial infections in peripheral intravascular vessels have a low occurrence rate, which some authors list as between 1 and 2%, in central intravascular vessels, their occurrence is usually higher. Phlebitis is one of the complications most frequently associated with the use of peripheral intravascular catheters.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects*
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / instrumentation
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / methods
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Phlebitis / epidemiology
  • Phlebitis / etiology*
  • Phlebitis / microbiology
  • Risk Factors