title: US-guided peripheral vascular interventions, comments on the EFSUMB guidelines.
abstract: Peripheral venous as well as arterial punctures have traditionally been performed on the basis of designated anatomical landmarks. However, due to patients' individual anatomy and vessel pathology and depending on individual operators' skill, this landmark approach is associated with a significant failure rate and complication risk. This review comments on the evidence-based recommendations on ultrasound (US)-guided vascular access which have been published recently within the framework of Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS) of the European Federation of Societies for US in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) from a clinical practice point of view. Part 1 of the review had its focus on general aspects of US- guidance and on central venous access, whereas part 2 refers to peripheral vascular access.
authors.affiliation: Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China;Medical Department 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Germany. christoph.dietrich@ckbm.de.
authors.forename: Christoph Frank Frank
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
authors.affiliation: Notfallstation, Kantonsspital Glarus, Schweiz.
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.affiliation: Intensivmedizin Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Schweiz.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morf
authors.affiliation: Medical Department 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Germany;Department of Medical Imaging, des Cévennes Clinic, Annonay, France.
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiorean
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Xin Wu
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Translational Gastroenterology Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland Strausberg/Wriezen, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jenssen
mesh_terms: D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000379:methods*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*