“We report a case of vascular access failure caused by the plastic protective tube of a balloon catheter, which had been mistakenly left in the vasculature and was undetectable on radiography but was detected by ultrasonography.” Tanemoto et al (2014).
Reference:
Tanemoto, M., Higaki, M., Amano, K., Toyoki, D., Arai, S., Tomioka, S. and Uchida, S. (2014) Sonographic detection of a radiolucent object in dialysis vascular access. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound. June 27th. [epub ahead of print].
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Abstract:
Percutaneous endovascular angioplasty is a valuable tool to salvage dialysis vascular access failure, but is accident-prone if performed by unskilled operators. We report a case of vascular access failure caused by the plastic protective tube of a balloon catheter, which had been mistakenly left in the vasculature and was undetectable on radiography but was detected by ultrasonography.
Other intravenous and vascular access resources that may be of interest (External links – IVTEAM has no responsibility for content).
- Guide for intravenous chemotherapy and associated vascular access devices from Macmillan.
- CancerUK IV chemotherapy information.
