Complications of IV Therapy
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| IV rate slows, increase edema, skin tightness, blanching or coolness of skin, burning, tenderness, discomfort, fluid leaking from puncture site, presence or absence of a blood return is not reliable diagnostic tool on a short peripheral catheter | Infiltration
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| tissue sloudghin appears in 1-4 weeks, same signs and symptoms as inflitration | extravasation
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| pain at the IV site, vein appears red and inflamed along the length, vein can be hard and cord like | phlebitis and post infusion phlebitis
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| slowed or stopped infusion rate, swollen extremity, tenderness and redness, engorged peripheral veins, difficulty moving the neck or jaw | thrombosis
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| pain at the IV site, vein appears red and inflamed along the length, vein can be hard and cord like, slowed or stopped infusion rate, swollen extremity, tenderness and redness, engorged peripheral veins, difficulty moving the neck or jaw | thrombophlebitis
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| swelling usually seen first, bruising, pain or tenderness | ecchymosis and hematoma
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| site appears red, swollen and warm, tenderness, purulent or malordorous exudate | site infection
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| cramping, pain, numbness, slowing of the infusion rate, inability to withdraw midline catheter or picc | venous spasm
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| tingling or feeling pins and needles, numbness | nerve damage
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| shortness of breath and cough, elevated bp, puffiness around the eyes and edema, neck veins engorged, moist breath sounds | circulatory shock
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| lightheadedness or dizziness, chest tightness, flushed face, irregular pulse, paitent may lose consciousness and go into shock or cardiav arrest | speed shock
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| local reaction exhibit wheal, redness or itching, running nose and tearing, bronchospasm, wheezing and truncal rash | allergic reaction
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| decrease in blood pressure and pain along the vein, pulse becomes weak, rapid and thready, cirumoral and nail bed cyanosis, lapse into unconsciousness | catheter embolism
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