An ultrasound service which means fewer patients need surgery has been rolled out to eight NHS units after its success in ...

He had been having abdominal pain for the past several weeks, but that night it was excruciating — like a knife plunged deep ...

A tourniquet is placed around the arm just below the shoulder. The vein for the PICC access is selected using ultrasound. Under sterile conditions, lidocaine 1%, a common local anesthetic, is injected ...

The DOQI guidelines acknowledge the problems with basilic vein transposition (BVT) as two: the transposition may create significant arm swelling and patient pain or may have a higher incidence of ...

Doppler ultrasound is a minimal invasive imaging method that employs the use of sound waves to screen blood flow to veins and arteries. It aids in identifying a number of vascular issues, taking into ...

Jugular vein distention (JVD) is a finding made during a physical exam in which there is bulging of the major veins of the neck, called the jugular veins. The bulging may be a key sign of a serious ...

Vascular replacements have been used for over 60 years, initially with synthetic polymers followed by the first autologous saphenous vein (SV) graft implemented in 1967 by Favaloro et al. 10 Today, ...