ArticleFujita medical journal2026
Incidence and risk factors for peripheral intravenous catheter failure in Japanese neonatal intensive care units and growing care units: a multicenter observational study.
Article in Fujita medical journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Objectives: Peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) are used in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and growing care units (GCUs). However, neonates/infants in these units frequently experience catheter failure (CF) because of complications, such as extravasation and phlebitis. Nonetheless, data on PIVCs from Japan remain limited. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the use of infusion catheters and the incidence, characteristics, and risk factors of PIVC-related catheter failure in Japanese NICUs and GCUs. Methods: This study was conducted between August 2024 and February 2025 using cross-sectional and prospective surveys. Data from 600 hospitalized neonates/infants and 259 PIVC cases were analyzed. CF was defined as unplanned catheter removal before the completion of therapy owing to loss of function or an inability to administer fluids. Results: Overall, 48.0% of neonates/infants had infusion catheters. The incidence proportion of CF was 47.1%, with an incidence density of 173.1/1,000 catheter-days. Extravasation was the most frequently identified cause of CF (95.9%), and swelling and leaking were primary symptoms. Multivariate Cox regression showed that gestational age (hazard ratio=0.96, p=.03) and infusion flow volume at the time of PIVC removal (hazard ratio=1.28/1 mL/h, p<.01) were significant risk factors. Long PIVCs had significantly longer dwell times than PIVCs (log-rank p=.01). Conclusions: CF is highly prevalent in Japanese infants in NICUs/GCUs, with a rate similar to that reported internationally. Long PIVCs may help extend the catheter dwell times. These findings highlight the need for standardized prevention strategies and improved catheter management protocols.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.