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 ...

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, ...

PATERSON, N.J.—The first-ever casebook on ultrasound-guided vascular access procedures offers practical solutions to complex bedside challenges with an emphasis on improving patient safety. Now ...

St. Joseph's Healthcare System, located in Paterson, is drastically improving patient experiences with its first-of-its-kind sterile ultrasound-guided Vascular Access Program, which increases the ...

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 ...

Children's veins are small and sometimes difficult to access during necessary medical treatment. When caregivers used ultrasound to guide placement of intravenous (IV) lines in children with presumed ...

When caregivers used ultrasound to guide placement of intravenous lines in children with presumed difficult access, they had higher success rates on their first attempt. Researchers report that this ...

Alternative access such as transpedal and tibial access is important in the practice of vascular intervention today. For example, in long chronic total occlusions, the first access we usually try is ...