Back to Search
Start Over
Nurse's guide to understanding and treating thrombotic occlusion of central venous access devices.
- Source :
-
Medsurg nursing : official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses [Medsurg Nurs] 2004 Dec; Vol. 13 (6), pp. 377-82. - Publication Year :
- 2004
-
Abstract
- Over 5 million central venous access devices (CVADs) are placed in the United States annually. Catheter occlusion is the most common non-infectious complication in long-term use of CVADs. Nursing management of the thrombotic occlusion of central venous access devices is described. The normal process of hemostasis and fibrinolysis and common types of catheter thrombosis are reviewed, along with the step-by-step procedure for restoring catheter patency using thrombolytic agents.
- Subjects :
- Algorithms
Decision Trees
Device Removal
Equipment Failure
Fibrinolysis
Fibrinolytic Agents administration & dosage
Hemostasis
Humans
Incidence
Instillation, Drug
Nursing Assessment
Risk Factors
Thrombolytic Therapy instrumentation
Thrombolytic Therapy methods
Thrombolytic Therapy nursing
Thrombosis classification
Thrombosis epidemiology
Thrombosis etiology
Time Factors
Tissue Plasminogen Activator administration & dosage
Catheterization, Central Venous adverse effects
Catheters, Indwelling adverse effects
Thrombosis therapy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1092-0811
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Medsurg nursing : official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15714740