Marghie Murgo

Included in this secondary analysis were 664 adults who required an AC (Fig. 1). Patients were predominately male (n = 449; 68%), aged between 16 and 59 years (n = 346; 52%) and admitted for a medical condition (n = 316, 48%; Table 1). Eighteen percent (n = 118) of patients had a current infection, most commonly respiratory (n = 65; 10%). Seventy-nine percent (n = 524) of patients required mechanical ventilation, with the median ICU length of stay, at time of device insertion 4 days (IQR 3, 4).

Home | Clinical Practice | Ask yourself: could it be sepsis? Opinion in Clinical Practice, Top Stories Sepsis is a life-threatening and time-critical medical emergency with long-ranging consequences for patients that survive. This is the message set out in the (the Standard), recently released by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Membership Login

Home | Clinical Practice | Why the time is right for a clinical care standard to ensure best practice use of PIVCs: opinion By: Marghie Murgo and Dr Gillian Ray-Barruel in Clinical Practice, Top Stories June 23, 2021 Peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) or cannula insertion is the one of the most common medical procedures in Australia, experienced by 7.7 million patients each year.1 While it is a well-practiced procedure, research reveals significant issues in the way that PIVCs are...