Prospective observational study of peripheral intravenous cannula utilisation and frequency of intravenous fluid delivery in the emergency department-Convenience or necessity?
Michael WillisEfrem ColonettiAli BakirYousef Jamal AlameMegan AnnettsDeren T AyginAmina DaouSultan FarooqNicholas A FineGozde FiratBenjamin GoozeeAnuj Neelesh GuptaCharlotte HubbettNicole Shun Yee LoiLaura Maciejec-BiskupMerline Gabriela MuthukumarJason PottBenjamin M BloomMaria Lorenza MuiesanTim R HarrisPublished in: PloS one (2024)
More than half of PIVCs placed in the ED were unnecessary in this study. This suggests that clinical decision making about the benefits and risks of PIVC insertion is not being performed on an individual basis.