Sesame and Delayed Onset of Phlebitis Symptom

• Effects of open-label sesame oil applied to cardiac surgery patients in preventing amiodarone-induced phlebitis: A randomized controlled trial.

  • 2024-04-27
  • RCT · n = 44
  • Nursing in critical care 30(2)
  • • Muaz Gülşen
    • Sevban Arslan

  • PubMed: 38676381
  • DOI: 10.1111/nicc.13085

  2 Insights on

  • Delayed Onset of Phlebitis Symptom

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  a trend indicating delayed onset of phlebitis symptoms was observed in the sesame oil group

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  10 drops applied to a 10 cm perimeter of the cannula for 10 minutes, repeated every 8 hours during 24-hour amiodarone infusion