Unintentional arterial puncture during cephalic vein cannulation: Case report and anatomical study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 740-742

  Lirk, P ^a,b   Keller, C ^a   Colvin, J ^a   Colvin, H ^b   Rieder, J ^a   Maurer, H ^a   Moriggl, B ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, radial; Forearm; Veins, cannulation; Veins, cephalic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; PALPATION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR ACCESS; WRIST;

EID: 2342516174     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh118     Document Type: Article

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