Occurrence and Predisposing Factors of Phlebitis in Patients Undergo Intravenous Therapy

摘要

Catheterization is the most common invasive and stressful treatment for inpatients and its complications such as phlebitis are threatening to patients' life, The accepted rate for phlebitis is 5% or less, while some studies report the rate approximately 2.5-70 percent. The main objective of this study is determining phlebitis occurrence and its predisposing factors in surgical wards of teaching hospitals of Ardabil in Iran.Methods: This study is a cross-sectional one., In this research 400 cases of catheters in patients hospitalized in surgical wards were selected and parameters such as demographic characteristics, information about patient's disease and phlebitis rate were studied,Results: findings showed that the occurrence rate of phlebitis was 19.6% in 72 h.Conclusion: regarding high rates of phlebitis in this investigation,. It seems necessary to conduct education on appropriate application of catheters in order to diminish phlebitis.