The Effects of Local Warming for Difficult Peripheral Venous Access in Critically ill Patient

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Benjamad Chantasakda
Jansudaphan Boontham

Abstract

This study was a quasi – experimental research aimed to comparative study  the peripheral intravenous cannulation between the local warming with electric hot towel before the cannulation and the normal technique in patients with difficult peripheral venous access. The hypothesis was that warming before the cannulation in critically ill patients with rare veins would be more successful than in the usual pattern. A sample was 160 patients in Phetcharat 4C unit, The Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University. The sample was divided into control groups namely, 80 subjects who received peripheral intravenous cannulation by normal technique and 80 subjects in the experimental group that received the local warming with electric hot towel the local warming with 40-45 Celsius degrees electric hot towel for 15 minutes before before the cannulation. The sample was random by blocked using a computer program according to the inclusion criteria from 15 January 2022 to 31 March 2023.


The finding was found that the sample with local warming was able to access the peripheral venous at 98.8% and 70% success in the first time. The control group  with normal cannulation technique was able to open peripheral venous at 72.5% and success
in the first time at 30%. The success of peripheral intravenous cannulation between the experimental group and the control group was statistically significant different (p-value ≤ 0.001), and the number of successful peripheral intravenous cannulation between the experimental and control groups were significantly different (p-value≤0.001)

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Chantasakda, B., & Boontham, J. (2023). The Effects of Local Warming for Difficult Peripheral Venous Access in Critically ill Patient. Vajira Nursing Journal, 25(2), 17–26. Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/vnj/article/view/264797
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