Postanesthesia ultrasound facilitates creation of more preferred accesses without affecting access survival
The results of preoperative ultrasound (pre-US) vein mapping for hemodialysis access creation can be affected by environmental and clinical factors, such as ambient temperature, acute illness, recent phlebotomy, and hypovolemia. These factors may inadvertently exclude otherwise viable veins as options for access creation. We hypothesized that repeating the ultrasound vein mapping immediately preoperatively after anesthesia administration (post-US) identifies additional veins not appreciated by pre-US, thereby altering the operative plan and producing more preferred accesses, particularly more forearm accesses.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Patrick K. McGlynn, Konstaninos D. Arnaoutakis, Elize P. Deroo, C. Keith Ozaki, John P. Forman, Dirk M. Hentschel Tags: Clinical research study Source Type: research
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