| Pediatric Medical Line Safety: The Prevalence and Severity of Medical Line Entanglements. | |
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PMID: 21963777 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to describe the prevalence and severity of medical line entanglements among pediatric patients (N = 486). Most patients, with ages from birth to 6 years, had at least 1 medical line (n = 444, 91%), and 294 children (60%) had 2 to 11 medical lines. Observed entanglements included lines around body parts (n = 31), lines under the body (n = 71), and lines tangled with other lines (n = 50). One third of the children were at risk for adverse events due to entanglements, and 1 patient actually experienced real harm. |
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Heather Janiszewski Goodin; Nancy A Ryan-Wenger; Joyce Mullet |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-9-27 |
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Title: Journal of pediatric nursing Volume: - ISSN: 1532-8449 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-10-3 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8607529 Medline TA: J Pediatr Nurs Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Inc. |
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Capital University, Columbus, OH; In-House Agency RN, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH. |
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