A technique for easy vascular access in patients undergoing plasmapheresis.
Gaining vascular access in some patients undergoing plasmapheresis procedure may prove to be difficult. Twenty-four percent of our patients had either a poor vascular access or poor blood flow. This report describes a technique for obtaining good vascular access in otherwise difficult patients, which we believe to be easy, safe, time saving and cost effective.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006801:Humans; D010956:Plasmapheresis / Q000379:methods*