Abstract Objective To verify the Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) dressing dwell time in infants and its correlation with infant, catheter, and nursing care demographic and clinical variables. Methods Prospective, descriptive-analytical study conducted at the neonatal unit of a public pediatric hospital, including 23 infants undergoing PICC insertion with daily dressing assessment. We analyzed infant, catheter, and nursing care demographic and clinical variables, using the Kruskal-Wallis, Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests, correlation coefficient, Spearman correlation, and a 5% significance level. Results Dressing dwell […]
