Arterial catheter placement & Care

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Evaluation of the factors related to difficult ultrasound-guided radial artery catheterization in small children: A prospective observational study

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The ulnar artery: a site suitable for arterial cannulation in pediatric patients. Pediatric ulnar and radial artery sizes

Modified Long-Axis In-Plane Ultrasound-guided Radial Artery Cannulation In Adult Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluation of distal radial artery cross-sectional internal diameter in neonates and infants by ultrasound and adequate selection of an intra-arterial catheter size

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Major Short-term Complications of Arterial Cannulation for Monitoring in Children

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Prevention of cerebral embolization from flushing radial-artery cannulas

Neurologic complications following temporal artery catheterization

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Gleich SJ, Wong AV, Handlogten KS, Thum DE, Nemergut ME. Major Short-term Complications of Arterial Cannulation for Monitoring in Children. Anesthesiology 2021;134(1):26-34. (In eng). DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000003594.

Zaleski KL, Kuntz MT, Staffa SJ, Van Pelt H, Hamilton ARL, Atkinson DB. Central Arterial Line Placement for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Single-Center Experience. Anesthesia and analgesia 2024 (In eng). DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006972.

Comparison of radial, dorsalis pedis, and posterior tibial arteries for ultrasound-guided arterial catheterisation with dynamic needle tip positioning in paediatric patients: a randomised controlled trial

Roux J, Kohn MA, Sinskey J, Nguyen H, Boor M, Rouine-Rapp K. The ulnar artery: a site suitable for arterial cannulation in pediatric patients. Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 Dec; 31(12): 1357-1363. PMID: 34644423

Takeshita J, Tachibana K, Nakayama Y, et al. Ultrasound-guided dynamic needle tip positioning versus conventional palpation approach for catheterisation of posterior tibial or dorsalis pedis artery in infants and small children. Br J Anaesth. 2021 Apr; 126(4): e140-e142. PMID: 33358049

Gleich SJ, Wong AV, Handlogten KS, Thum DE, Nemergut ME. Major short-term complications of arterial cannulation for monitoring in children. Anesthesiology. 2021 Jan; 134(1): 26-34. PMID: 33079134

The use of invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring in routine anaesthesia practice: an analysis from the NAP7 project

Acid-Base Interpretation: A Practical Approach

Central Artery Access

Zaleski KL, Kuntz MT, Staffa SJ, Van Pelt H, Hamilton ARL, Atkinson DB. Central Arterial Line Placement for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Single-Center Experience. Anesthesia and analgesia 2024 (In eng). DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006972.

Simmons MA, Levine RL, Lubchenco LO, Guggenheim MA. Warning: serious sequelae of temporal artery catheterization. The Journal of pediatrics 1978;92(2):284. (In eng). DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(78)80027-4.

Lowenstein E, Little JW, 3rd, Lo HH. Prevention of cerebral embolization from flushing radial-artery cannulas. The New England journal of medicine 1971;285(25):1414-5. (In eng). DOI: 10.1056/nejm197112162852506.

Gleich SJ, Wong AV, Handlogten KS, Thum DE, Nemergut ME. Major Short-term Complications of Arterial Cannulation for Monitoring in Children. Anesthesiology 2021;134(1):26-34. (In eng). DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000003594.

Lawless S, Orr R. Axillary arterial monitoring of pediatric patients. Pediatrics 1989;84(2):273-5. (In eng).

Piotrowski A, Kawczynski P. Cannulation of the axillary artery in critically ill newborn infants. European journal of pediatrics 1995;154(1):57-9. (In eng). DOI: 10.1007/bf01972974.

Seto AH, Estep JD, Tayal R, et al. SCAI Position Statement on Best Practices for Percutaneous Axillary Arterial Access and Training. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv 2022;1(3):100041. (In eng). DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2022.100041.

Allen’s Test

Allen EV. Thromboangiitis Obliterans: Methods of Diagnosis of Chronic Occlusive Arterial Lesions Distal to the Wrist With Illustrative Cases. Am J Med Sci. 1929; 178(2): 237-243

Greenhow DE. Incorrect performance of Allen’s Test-Ulnar Artery Flow Erroneously Presumed Inadequate. Anesthesiology 1972; 37(3): 356-357

Bedford RF, Wollman H. Complications of Percutaneous Radial-artery Cannulation: An Objective Prospective Study in Man. Anesthesiology 1973; 38(3): 228-236

TM, Pippin WD, Talmage LA, Reilley TE. Evaluation of collateral circulation of the hand. J Clin Monit 1992; 8: 28-32

Abnormal radial artery in Down's syndrome

Comparison of radial, dorsalis pedis, and posterior tibial arteries for ultrasound-guided arterial catheterisation with dynamic needle tip positioning in paediatric patients: a randomised controlled trial. Takeshita J, et.al. Br J Anaesth 2023:131:739-744.

Vascular Catheterization is Difficult in Infants with Down Syndrome Sulemanji DS. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 2009:53:98-100