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- Title
Prolonged Intravenous Line Access in a Terminally Ill Patient, Consequences and Suggestions.
- Authors
Sahay, Nishant; Kumar, Rajnish
- Abstract
Prolonged and neglected use of an intravenous (IV) line could be limb- and life-threatening. In many terminally sick cancer patients of rural India, pain management is a major concern. It is a very common practice by local practitioners to give IV fluids and pain medications in such patients. Where IV access is difficult, a secure venous cannula is kept in situ for long periods to administer pain medicines and fluids. This article tries to highlight the dangers a neglected IV line poses to limb and life and tries to stress on the importance of a subcutaneous route for pain medication administration in terminally ill palliative patients.
- Subjects
ANALGESICS; CANCER patients; CANCER pain; INTRAVENOUS therapy; PALLIATIVE treatment; TERMINALLY ill; PAIN management; VASCULAR catheters; HYPODERMOCLYSIS
- Publication
Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 1, p137
- ISSN
0973-1075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_138_19