Details to help new and experienced clinicians perform ultrasound-guided vascular cannulation have been added to updated guidelines from the American Society of Echocardiography. “Ultrasound guidance ...

For patients undergoing coronary procedures via transfemoral access, ultrasound guidance decreases the combined outcome of major vascular complications or bleeding and is particularly valuable when ...

At the Vascular Diagnostic and Imaging Laboratory, our vascular sonographers use specialized equipment to examine the arteries and veins throughout the body. Our lab is a full-service clinical ...

In 2016, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) issued a policy statement advocating a new safety goal for vascular access: the “one-stick standard.” To help clinicians achieve it, ACEP ...

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The following text provides a summary of the teaching points that appear in the video. Placement of peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters is a fundamental skill that all health care professionals ...

Myocardial contrast echocardiography utilizes intravenously injected gas-filled microspheres as acoustically active red blood cell tracers. During ultrasound imaging, unimpeded microsphere transit ...

Arterial catheterization allows for the continuous recording of arterial pressure measurements and can be used to adjust the doses of vasoactive drugs that are administered for hemodynamic support in ...

Background: Peripheral intravenous catheterization in children is challenging, and success rates vary greatly. We conducted a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to determine whether the use of ...