A patient with an intravenous solution has edema at the iv site. What complication of h iv therapy do you suspect

The complication of endovenous treatment that occurs when there is edema at the site of venipuncture (IV) is a local infiltration.

Explanation:

Local infiltration, as a complication of IV therapy, is due to the outflow of fluid —usually medication— from the vascular space into the surrounding soft tissue. It is also called extravasation, and it produces local edema and pain, as well as localized pallor and decreased temperature.

This complication of endovenous treatment occurs when a catheter or needle breaks the blood vessel where it is located, or bein when there is an increase in intravascular pressure.

When the local infiltration is due to blood output forms a hematoma, another possible complication of IV treatment.