Types Of Lines Flashcards

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Central Venous Catheter

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is a catheter placed into a large vein in the neck (internal jugular vein), chest (subclavian vein or axillary vein) or groin (femoral vein).

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Central Venous Catheter uses

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  • Administer medications or fluids
  • Obtain blood tests (specifically the central venous oxygen saturation)
  • Measure central venous pressure (CVP)
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3
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CVC: What position do you want the patient?

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Lying flat

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Arterial line

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Is a thin catheter inserted into an artery.

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What is the uses of the arterial line?

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  • It is to monitor the blood pressure real-time (rather than by intermittent measurement), and to obtain samples for arterial blood gas measurements.
  • It is not generally used to administer medication.
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For an arterial line, it is important to

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Assess for perfusion because it can block blood flow

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7
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Where is an arterial line inserted?

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  • Usually inserted in the wrist (radial artery)*
  • Can also be inserted into the elbow (brachial artery), groin (femoral artery), foot (dorsalis pedis artery) or the inside of the wrist (ulnar artery).
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Pulmonary artery catheterization

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is the insertion of a catheter into a pulmonary artery

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9
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The purpose of pulmonary artery catheterization is

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Diagnostic

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Pulmonary Artery Catheterization is used to

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  • Detect HF or sepsis
  • Monitor Therapy
  • Evaluate the effects of drugs
  • Allows direct, simultaneous measurement of pressures in the right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery and the filling pressure (“wedge” pressure) of the left atrium.
  • Can also give medications, give fluids
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Where is the PAC (aka Swan-Ganz catheter) placed?

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  • The catheter is introduced through a large vein—often the internal jugular, subclavian, or femoral veins.
  • From this entry site, it is threaded, often with the aid of fluoroscopy, through the right atrium of the heart, the right ventricle, and subsequently into the pulmonary artery.
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12
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Right atrial pressure is the same as

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CVP

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13
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Do not want to give Continuous heparin because it can lead to

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Thrombocytopenia

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