Arterial catheter

veterans, which caused the Root Cause Analysis committee to get involved. The veteran with kidney failure was told by the vascular surgeon not to use his “right arm” for any blood pressures, needle stick, or IV use, due to pending surgery for an arterial venous fistula (AVF) placement. The veteran was sent to the lab for a blood draw and shared this information with the lab tech prior to the needle stick. Somehow, the lab tech did not see a noticeable vein in the left arm (non-surgical) to…

Description of Disease Transposition of the great arteries is a life threatening congenital heart defect. In transposition of the great arteries, the two main arteries, the aorta and the pulmonary artery, are reversed. These arteries are responsible for carrying blood away from the heart through the left or right ventricle depending on whether the blood has been oxygenized or not. In a normal heart, there is a constant blood flow pattern in which blood is cycled from the body to the heart, the…

Introduction Craniosynostosis is defined as a premature closure of one or more calvarial sutures. Surgical intervention is indicated to improve appearance and prevent complications of increased intracranial pressure such as cognitive impairment, auditory and visual loss. Correction of craniosynostosis includes various surgical techniques, some of which are associated with substantial blood loss. Cranial vault remodeling is the historical gold standard for treating this condition and yields…

Some patients need more invasive treatments, such as surgery or medical procedures using catheters. Doctors may be able to reset the patient’s heart to its regular rhythm, better known as sinus rhythm, by performing a procedure called cardioversion. T. E. had a cardioversion in May 2015 and received another Cardioversion on 09/18/15. Cardioversion…

5-mm collimation, a pitch of 1.5, and reconstructions every 5 mm for 20 seconds during the arterial phase and for 60 seconds during the portal venous phase of the intravenous injection of iodinated contrast medium. A 170-mL volume of the contrast medium (iohexol, Omnipaque [300 mg of iodine per milliliter]; Amersham, Cork, Ireland) was systematically injected, at a rate of 5 mL/min, through an 18-gauge catheter inserted into a forearm…

An anesthesiologist would be a perfect job for anyone who loves to work with people, medicine, and machines because of the tasks done, training, and work environment. An anesthesiologists goes to school for about eight years after high school. After they go to school, anesthesiologists have to do an internship and have to get their doctoral degree, but the average salary is $187,200 a year. The main priorities of an anesthesiologists are monitor patients before, during, and after anesthesia.…

CVP represents the pressure of the right atrium (RA), which is measured using a catheter placed in the RA. CVP values can be obtained from any central line catheter placed in the internal jugular vein (IJ), subclavian vein (SC), or femoral vein, or from a peripherally inserted central catheter. During insertion of IJ or SC, the patient is placed in the Trendelenburg position to allow the neck blood vessels to fill with blood. The patient…

Historical developments in the treatment of vascular malformation has been since 1762 by Hunter. Further, in 1851 Virchow and others developed a classification of telangiectasias, and of venous, arterial, arteriovenous, and cystic angiomas. The year of 1889, marked the successful excision of an intracranial AVM that was performed. Vascular malformations can be classified as Capillary telangiectasias, Cavernous malformations, Venous malformations, Arteriovenous malformations. The paper focuses…

Nitroglycerin acts directly on vascular smooth muscle to promote vasodilation. Nitroglycerin produces both arterial and venous dilation, which leads increase hemodynamic function, increase CO, and increased tissue perfusion. Venous dilation leads lead to a reduction in return blood flow to the heart and a decrease in preload, while arteriole dilation decreases…

correlation between the female sex and hypotension. Despite the general consensus of neurological injury, this retrospective study of 144 patients resulted in no such event. However, another concern of HTEA is the accidental injection or migration of the catheter into the intrathecal space. Of the 144 patients, two resulted in this complication leading to immediate endotracheal intubation with prolonged ventilation and cancellation of the surgical procedure (Casalino et al,…