Open AccessUltrasound-guided venous access: “Wire-loaded puncture” technique for paediatric cancer patients
Author(s) -
Kareem Sallam,
Ahmed Refaat,
Marwa Romeih
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of egyptian national cancer institute/journal of the egyptian national cancer institute
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2589-0409
pISSN - 1110-0362
DOI - 10.1016/j.jnci.2018.07.001
Subject(s) - medicine , venous access , surgery , catheter , radiology , internal jugular vein , ultrasound
Ultrasound-guided venous access is becoming a standard technique in many centers worldwide. In small veins and in the pediatric population, successful venous puncture is sometimes followed by resistance in passing the wire. The needle seems to miss the small vein during syringe dismounting, wire mounting and wire advancement through the needle. This work describes a "wire-loaded puncture" technique as a solution for this problem.