Clinical Procedure
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Heart cath
Cardiac cath
Performed in patients with congenital heart-disease to assess suitability for cardiac interventions.
Central venous access is usually obtained from the femoral vein +- internal jugular vein, and pressure readings and oxygen saturations are obtained at various locations.
Central venous access is usually obtained from the femoral vein +- internal jugular vein, and pressure readings and oxygen saturations are obtained at various locations.
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Performed in patients undergoing workup for various cardiac procedures.
These include the fontan procedure.
They are often patients with a glenn bidrectional-cavo-pulmonary-connection-bcpc, hypoplastic left-heart-syndrome-hlhs
These include the fontan procedure.
They are often patients with a glenn bidrectional-cavo-pulmonary-connection-bcpc, hypoplastic left-heart-syndrome-hlhs
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If placing a non-invasive blood pressure cuff on the calf consider placing it on the side opposite to the femoral access.
If the proceduralist places an arterial catheter you may lose the blood pressure in that leg.
If the proceduralist places an arterial catheter you may lose the blood pressure in that leg.
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ETT will be useful for airway management because:
1. Many patients will have TOE/TEE performed at the beginning of the case,
2. The procedure will be a couple of hours and the child may get tired spontaneously ventilating on an LMA.
1. Many patients will have TOE/TEE performed at the beginning of the case,
2. The procedure will be a couple of hours and the child may get tired spontaneously ventilating on an LMA.
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Consider an in and out catheter to empty the bladder at the end of the long case if the patient does not have an IDC in place. A full bladder may cause or exaggerate emergence delirium-or-agitation which may compromise the arterial puncture site.
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