Ultrasound-Guided Radial Artery Catheterization and the Modified Allen's Test

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-358

  Wilson, Sharon R ^a   Grunstein, Itamar ^b   Hirvela, Elsa R ^c   Price, Daniel D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allen's test; radial artery; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ALLEN TEST; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DIALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FIBULA FRACTURE; FUNCTION TEST; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK REDUCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE ISCHEMIA; SOFT TISSUE NECROSIS; TIBIA FRACTURE; VENTILATOR;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77949915713     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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