Holding and mobility of pediatric patients with transthoracic intracardiac catheters

AJ Lisanti, S Helman, A Sorbello, J Fitzgerald… - Critical care nurse, 2020 - AACN
Background Nursing care of pediatric patients after cardiac surgery consists of close
hemodynamic monitoring, often through transthoracic intracardiac catheters, requiring …

Nursing practice with transthoracic intracardiac catheters in children: International benchmarking study

AJ Lisanti, J Fitzgerald, S Helman, S Dean… - American Journal of …, 2019 - AACN
Background Transthoracic intracardiac catheters are central catheters placed in the
operating room at the conclusion of cardiac surgery for infants and children. Complications …

Transthoracic intracardiac catheters in pediatric patients recovering from congenital heart defect surgery: associated complications and outcomes

HR Flori, LD Johnson, FL Hanley… - Critical care …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Transthoracic intracardiac catheters in pediatric patients r... : Critical Care Medicine Transthoracic
intracardiac catheters in pediatric patients recovering from congenital heart defect surgery …

Reducing ischemic injury from indwelling peripheral arterial catheters in a pediatric cardiac ICU: a quality improvement initiative

AC Adler, S Helman, C Field, JJ Stellar… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To reduce the number of ischemic arterial catheter injuries in children with
congenital or acquired heart disease. Design: This is a quality improvement study with pre …

Implementing a new practice when evidence-based literature is absent: guidelines regarding mobility of patients with left atrial catheters

TM Hartjes, JH Gilliam - Critical Care Nurse, 2012 - AACN
76 CriticalCareNurse Vol 32, No. 1, FEBRUARY 2012 www. ccnonline. org is used for all
other nursing procedures within the hospital. This site was reviewed, and no information …

Ambulating with pulmonary artery or femoral catheters in place

C Winkelman - Critical Care Nurse, 2011 - AACN
QIs it safe for patients with pulmonary artery catheters inserted via the jugular or subclavian
vein to stand up? Do you have any information on ambulating patients with femoral arterial …

Evaluation of the use of a stabilization device to improve the quality of care in patients with peripherally inserted central catheters

J Waterhouse, V Bandisode, D Brandon, M Olson… - AACN advanced critical …, 2014 - AACN
Objectives This project evaluated the implementation of use of the StatLock stabilization
device (Bard Access Systems, Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah) for peripherally inserted central …

Peripherally inserted central catheters: a walk down memory lane...

JJM Ligtenberg, M Holman, M van Meurs… - Critical Care, 2012 - Springer
Ligtenberg and colleagues are right when they point out that, two decades ago, PICCs were
associated with exceedingly high rates of local complications, venous thrombosis, and mal …

Direct discharge to home from the pediatric cardiovascular ICU

DB Gal, DM Kwiatkowski… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: To describe direct discharge to home from the cardiovascular ICU. DESIGN:
Mixed-methods including retrospective Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium and …

A model for a nurse-led programme of bedside placement of peripherally inserted central catheters in neonates and infants with congenital cardiac disease

DS King, E Da Cruz, J Kaufman - Cardiology in the Young, 2010 - cambridge.org
BackgroundNeonates and infants with congenital and acquired cardiac disease often
require placement of central venous lines for extended intravenous therapy. It may be …