Ultrasound-guided insertion of a radial arterial catheter

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 15, 2014, Pages e21(1)-e21(4)

  Ailon, Jonathan ^a,b   Mourad, Ophyr ^a   Chien, Vince ^a   Saun, Tomas ^a   Dev, Shelly P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DEVICE SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PALPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIAL ARTERY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR ACCESS; CATHETERIZATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; HUMANS; RADIAL ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84907989538     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMvcm1213181     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Scheer B, Perel A, Pfeiffer UJ. Clinical review: complications and risk factors of peripheral arterial catheters used for haemodynamic monitoring in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. Crit Care 2002;6:199-204.
2. Hofmann LJ, Reha JL, Hetz SP. Ultrasound- guided arterial line catheterization in the critically ill: Technique and review. J Vasc Access 2010;11:106-11.
3. Kohn KT, Corrigan JM, Donaldson MS. To err is human: building a safer health system. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.
4. Moore CL, Copel JA. Point-of-care ultrasonography. N Engl J Med 2011;364: 749-57.
5. McGee DC, Gould MK. Preventing complications of central venous catheterization. N Engl J Med 2003;348:1123-33.
6. Feller-Kopman D. Ultrasound-guided thoracentesis. Chest 2006;129:1709-14.
7. Shiver S, Blaivas M, Lyon M. A prospective comparison of ultrasound-guided and blindly placed radial arterial catheters. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13:1275-9.
8. Levin PD, Sheinin O, Gozal Y. Use of ultrasound guidance in the insertion of radial artery catheters. Crit Care Med 2003;31:481-4.
9. Shiloh AL, Savel RH, Paulin LM, Eisen LA. Ultrasound-guided catheterization of the radial artery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Chest 2011;139:524-9.
10. Tegtmeyer K, Brady G, Lai S, Hodo R, Braner D. Videos in clinical medicine: placement of an arterial line. N Engl J Med 2006;354(15):e13.