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Med Clin (Barc)
; 114(3): 89-90, 2000 Jan 29.
Artículo
en Español
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10736794
RESUMEN
BACKGROUND: To determine the incidence of unnecessary cannulations of peripheral veins in an emergency department (ED). METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed a sample of 1,113 patients from a total of 24,637 who were attended at ED. We reviewed the cannulations of peripheral veins and if they was used or not. RESULTS: In 202 (18.5%) cases, venous access was obtained. In 84 (41.6%) the venous access was not used. CONCLUSION: The unnecessary use of venous cannulations is a common practice and generates a substantial added cost of poor quality.