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A central venous catheter (CVC), also known as a central line (c-line), central venous line, or central venous access catheter, is a catheter placed into a large vein. It is a form of venous access. Placement of larger catheters in more centrally located veins is often needed in critically ill patients, or in those requiring prolonged ...
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WikEM is wiki-based medical website and point-of-care phone application for emergency medicine clinicians. [1] WikEM is owned by OpenEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. [ 2 ] WikEM initially started as a database created from notes and checklists passed from resident class to subsequent resident class at the Harbor-UCLA emergency ...
A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC or PICC line), also called a percutaneous indwelling central catheter or longline, [1] is a form of intravenous access that can be used for a prolonged period of time (e.g., for long chemotherapy regimens, extended antibiotic therapy, or total parenteral nutrition) or for administration of substances that should not be done peripherally (e.g ...
A Hickman line two-lumen catheter inserted on the patient's left side. Scars at the base of the neck indicate the venotomy site and insertion point into the left jugular vein . A Hickman line is a central venous catheter most often used for the administration of chemotherapy or other medications, as well as for the withdrawal of blood for analysis.
The central retinal vein is the venous equivalent of the central retinal artery and both may become occluded. [1] Since the central retinal artery and vein are the sole source of blood supply and drainage for the retina , such occlusion can lead to severe damage to the retina and blindness, due to ischemia (restriction in blood supply) and ...
Intravenous calcium gluconate (or calcium chloride if a central line is available) and atropine are first-line therapies. If the time of the overdose is known and presentation is within two hours of ingestion , activated charcoal , gastric lavage , and polyethylene glycol may be used to decontaminate the gut.
Central line and peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines for drug infusions, fluids or total parenteral nutrition; Bronchoscopy to look at lungs and airways and sample fluid within the lungs; Pulmonary artery catheter to monitor the function of the heart, blood volume, and tissue oxygenation