Superglue for CVCs
In resuscitation situations, the securing of vascular catheters is an important but sometimes cumbersome process, particular when sutures are required […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Kids, Resus, Trauma
cvc
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Adjacent haemofiltration catheters can remove CVC drugs
An important consideration when siting your lines in your critical care patients who require renal replacement therapy… Dual-lumen haemodiafiltration catheters […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
PICCs more complicated than CVCs
A review showed that peripherally inserted central catheters were associated with higher rates of complications that standard central venous catheters […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
CVCs placed in the ED
Central lines in the ED are more likely to get infected because they’re inserted under less scrupulously aseptic conditions than […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus, Ultrasound
Novel subclavian cannulation method
Ultrasound-guided subclavian vein cannulation has reduced complications, but there is still a high incidence of failure to cannulate the vein […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, Resus
FV cannulation in kids: 60° abduction
An ultrasound study on infants and children under general anaesthesia evaluated the femoral vein with the patients’ legs at 30° […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Femoral SvO2 not so useful
Bloods sampled from both femoral vein and SVC-sited catheters in critically ill patients showed good correlation in lactate levels but […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Lactate clearance goal in sepsis
Previous work in severe sepsis/septic shock patients has shown that a decrease in lactate concentration by at least 10% during […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus, Ultrasound
Best position for RIJV cannulation in kids
In a study of anaesthetised infants and children, the right internal jugular vein as assessed by ultrasonography was measured with […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Supraclavicular approach to subclavian vein
A series of subclavian vein catheterisations is described in patients using the supraclavicular approach, with a high success rate and […]