Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to N Nauth-Misir.
Intravascular catheters are widely used in health care for a range of therapeutic and diagnostic procedures involving the cardiovascular system. Nurses should be aware of the different types available and the problems that can arise.
A computerized database was set up to study the incidence and outcome of complications of nasotracheal intubation in a paediatric hospital. We studied 2953 intensive care admissions over a 4-yr period. The overall complication rate was 8%. Accidental extubation and tube blockage were the most frequent events, accounting for a mean of 3.5% and 2.6% of the complications per year, respectively. Complications were more common in smaller children and there were differences between fields of intensive care. None of the complications was fatal or resulted in serious sequelae. None of the children in the study showed clinical symptoms of acquired subglottic stenosis before discharge from hospital, and none has been readmitted for this condition subsequently.