Percutaneous method for arterial and venous monitoring.
A new technic for monitoring blood gases or venous and arterial pressure is described. Catheters are inserted by percutaneous puncture and guided into the femoral and iliac vessels with minimal manipulation. This rapid, simple technic has been used in more than 100 patients without a major complication.
D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D002496:Central Venous Pressure; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic