Effectiveness of the modified Seldinger technique for peripheral central catheter in newborns: a randomized clinical trial.

Objectives: to evaluate the effectiveness of peripheral central catheterization by comparing the modified Seldinger technique and the conventional technique in critically ill newborns.

Methods: randomized unmasked clinical trial conducted in a public children's hospital. Participation of 111 newborns with randomized allocation, 56 in the control group (conventional technique) and 55 in the experimental group (modified Seldinger).

Evaluation of software technical quality for collecting data from patients under palliative care.

Objectives: to evaluate software technical quality for collecting data from patients under palliative care.

Methods: this is methodological technology evaluation research, according to the technical standard International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission 25040-2011, developed from August 2021 to August 2023. Eight nurses and eight information technology professionals participated as judges, who evaluated six quality characteristics and 23 subcharacteristics.

Fugulin scale for classifying pediatric patients in a respiratory inpatient unit: experience report.

Objective: To describe the use of the Fugulin scale to classify pediatric patients hospitalized in a respiratory unit as a subsidy for the allocation of human resources given the increase in cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

Method: Experience report conducted in a children's hospital in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba with data collection from medical records and approved by the Institution and by the Research Ethics Committee.

Results: Between February and May 2022, the percentage of patients categorized in minimal and intermediate care decreased by 53 and 11.

Implementation of modified Seldinger technology for percutaneous catheterization in critically ill newborns.

Objective: To describe the implementation of Modified Seldinger Technology for percutaneous catheterization in critically ill newborns.

Method: A quasi-experimental before- and-after study, carried out with neonatologist nurses in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Results: Seven nurses participated in the research.

Peripherally inserted central catheter obstruction in packed red blood cell transfusions in neonates.

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.

Nursing APHMÓVEL: mobile application to register the nursing process in prehospital emergency care.

Objectives: to develop an application for a mobile device for the registration of the Nursing Process by nurses of the Mobile Emergency Care Service.

Methods: applied research with technology development based on software engineering and Apple's Human Interface Guidelines. It had the support of an application developer and a designer.

Nursing care of a newborn with deep incisional surgical site infection: a case report.

Objective: To describe a case of deep incisional surgical site infection in a children's hospital in South Brazil, emphasizing the nursing care measures provided to the newborn.

Method: Case study with data collection from medical record, approved by the institution and the Human Research Ethics Committee.

Results: From the diagnosis of surgical site infection, a plan was established for specific care of the lesion using occlusive dressings made with technologies aimed at accelerating the second-intention healing process.

Nursing care of a newborn with epidermolysis bullosa: a case report.

Objective: To describe a case of epidermolysis bullosa occurring in a children's hospital in the South of Brazil, evidencing the nursing care provided to this newborn diagnosed with this pathology.

Method: A case study with data collection from medical records, approved by the Institution and by the Research Ethics Committee with Human Beings.

Results: After the diagnostic confirmation, a specific care plan was established for the newborn, encompassing basic human needs to the clinical treatment of the disease.

Cost effectiveness of dressing in the prevention of catheter-related infection in critically ill patients.

Introduction: Catheter-related infection is a complication of high morbimortality. The aim was to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis of gauze and medical tape, transparent semi-permeable and chlorhexidine-impregnated dressings for short-term central venous catheter, within the Brazilian Public Healthcare System (Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS) scenario.

Methodology: a decision tree was elaborated in order to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of dressings in the prevention of catheter-related infection in critically ill patients.

Incidents related to the Hickman® catheter: identification of damages.

Objective: to identify damages resulting from incidents with the Hickman® catheter.

Method: descriptive, retrospective, qualitative approach. The source of data were the notifications of incidents that occurred between January 2012 and May 2015, as well as the information available on the medical records of patients involved in incidents with the Hickman® catheter.

Central venous catheter for hemodialysis: incidence of infection and risk factors.

Objective: To measure the incidence of infection in short-term central venous catheter for hemodialysis and to identify the associated risk factors.

Method: Prospective cohort study conducted in a teaching hospital from September 2015 to April 2016. Patients requiring central venous catheter for hemodialysis were included and data was collected through direct and systematic observation of the catheter insertion procedure by the researchers.

Neonatal appendicitis: a survival case study.

Objective: To report a case of neonatal appendicitis in a children's hospital in southern Brazil, demonstrating the impact on neonatal survival.

Method: Case study with data collection from medical records, approved by the Institution and Ethics Committee for Research with Human Beings.

Results: The clinical picture is initially characterized by food intolerance, evolving to hypoactivity, alteration of vital signs and septicemia due to intestinal perforation.

Technological innovation for peripheral venipuncture: ultrasound training.

Objective:: to evaluate the training of nurses in the use of ultrasound in peripheral venipuncture.

Method:: descriptive research of quantitative approach performed with nurses as part of an analytical cross-sectional study in two patient care centers: an intensive care unit and an adult emergency center.

Results:: the results showed contributions of training for professional skill and visibility of nurses, requiring, however, more time for complete assimilation of this technological innovation as a safer clinical practice.

Risk factors for complications in peripheral intravenous catheters in adults: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

Objective:: analyze the risk factors linked to complications in peripheral intravenous catheters.

Method:: secondary data analysis of a randomized controlled trial with 169 medical and surgical patients placed in two groups, one with integrated safety catheter (n=90) and other using simple needle catheter (n=79), with three months follow-up time.

Results:: the risk factors that raised the odds of developing complications were: hospitalization between 10-19 days (p=0.

[Incidence of local complications and risk factors associated with peripheral intravenous catheter in neonates].

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of complications related to the use of peripheral intravenous catheter in neonates and identify the associated risk factors.

Method: Prospective cohort study conducted in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Participants were the hospitalized neonates undergoing peripheral intravenous puncture in the period from February to June 2013.

[Usage of Calendula officinalis in the prevention and treatment of radiodermatitis: a randomized double-blind controlled clinical trial].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Calendula officinalis in relation to Essential Fatty Acids for the prevention and treatment of radiodermatitis.

Method: This is a randomized double-blind controlled clinical trial with 51 patients with head and neck cancer in radiotherapy treatment divided into two groups: control (27) and experimental (24).

Results: There is statistically significant evidence (p-value = 0.

Chlorhexidine and gauze and tape dressings for central venous catheters: a randomized clinical trial.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the chlorhexidine antimicrobial dressing in comparison to the gauze and tape dressing in the use of central venous catheters.

Method: A randomized clinical trial was conducted in the intensive care and adult semi intensive care units of a university hospital in the south of Brazil. The subjects were patients using short-term central venous catheters, randomly assigned to the intervention (chlorhexidine antimicrobial dressing) or control (gauze and micro porous tape) groups.

[Peripherally inserted central catheter care in neonates: an integrative literature review].

The peripherally inserted central catheter is a common technology employed in the intravenous therapy of neonates. This integrative review was performed with the objective to investigate and analyze the evidence available in the literature regarding this technology. The databases searched included the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS) and the United States National Library of Medicine (PubMed).