Keline Soraya Santana Nobre, Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão Cardoso, Gleicia Martins de Melo, Débora Teles de Oliveira, Letícia Kelly Costa Silva
In many situations, central venous catheters (CVCs), inserted by central or peripheral venipuncture, do not progress, even after performing some movement of the shoulder, head, and neck. This integrative review aimed to verify the scientific evidence about maneuvers to facilitate the advancement of CVCs in the clavicular region and/or shoulder in adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients. Primary studies with available electronic abstracts, independent of idiom or publication year, for which results showed aspects related to descriptions of maneuvers for CVC advancement in the clavicular region and shoulder, were included in the review...
November 2022: Journal of Infusion Nursing: the Official Publication of the Infusion Nurses Society