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Volume 355:324-325 July 20, 2006 Number 3
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Placement of an Arterial Line

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To the Editor: The Video in Clinical Medicine "Placement of an Arterial Line" (April 13 issue)1 nicely illustrates the technique of inserting a radial arterial line. However, many clinicians will not agree about the necessity of going through both walls of the artery in the "over-the-wire" technique. With the use of current wire-equipped arterial catheters, it is not necessary to puncture both walls of the artery. Once the tip of the needle is in the lumen and there is adequate back blood flow, the wire can be advanced into the artery, followed by the actual catheter. In addition, in keeping . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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