Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Jolly and colleagues designed the UNIVERSAL randomized trial to evaluate outcomes of ultrasound-guided with ...

BOSTON, MA—Ultrasound guidance for femoral access does not appear to reduce bleeding or vascular complications but does reduce the risk of venipuncture and lowers the number of arterial puncture ...

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 ...

September 30, 2009 (San Francisco, California) — A small study has found that ultrasound imaging doesn't seem to improve upon the overall success rate of fluoroscopy-assisted femoral-access PCI, ...

Vascular access is the most commonly performed invasive procedure in medicine, with 200 million peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheters placed annually in U.S. hospitals to administer fluids, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The SAVES method is an effective and safe approach for ultrasound-guided infraclavicular axillary/subclavian vein cannulation. Cannulation is a procedure of inserting a flexible tube (catheter) into ...

Many procedures in minipigs require establishment of reliable deep venous access with a large-bore catheter. In animal experiments, such catheters are typically implanted surgically. In clinical ...

November 25, 2010 (New York, New York) — Updated results from a study published last year show that patients with massive pulmonary embolism (PE) treated with ultrasound-accelerated catheter-directed ...

Two-dimensional (2-D) imaging ultrasound guidance is recommended as the preferred method for insertion of central venous catheters (CVCs) into the internal jugular vein (IJV) in adults and children in ...