Central Venous Catheters

Informationen zum Autor Helen Hamilton , Clinical Director, Department of Parenteral Nutrition and Vascular Access, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust, Headington. Oxford. Klappentext The author addresses the different stages a patient may experience prior to receiving a VAD (Ventricular Assist Device, beginning with the various reasons for gaining venous access and specific challenges this may present e.g. age, acute and chronic disease processes, anatomical anomalies and cosmetic issues. Zusammenfassung The author addresses the different stages a patient may experience prior to receiving a VAD (Ventricular Assist Device! beginning with the various reasons for gaining venous access and specific challenges this may present e.g. age! acute and chronic disease processes! anatomical anomalies and cosmetic issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The History of Central Venous Access. Chapter 2: Applied anatomy of the central veins. Chapter 3: Patient Examination and assessment: choice of devices. Chapter 4: Catheter design and materials. Chapter 5: Cannulation of the Jugular Veins. Chapter 6: Practical Venous Access via the Femoral Vein. Chapter 7: Central venous access via the subclavian and axillary veins. Chapter 8: Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters. Chapter 9: Ultrasound Guided Venous Access. Chapter 10: The role of diagnostic and interventional radiology in the placement and management of central venous catheters. Chapter 11: Problems and Practical Solutions during Insertion of Catheters. Chapter 12: Complications of central venous access. Chapter 13: The Pathogenisis and Prevention of Intravascular Catheter Related Infections. Chapter 14: Aftercare and Management of Central Venous Access Devices. Chapter 15: Removal of central venous access devices. References. Index.

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• Authors: Andy Bodenham, Andy Hamilton Bodenham, H Hamilton, Helen Hamilton, Helen (Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust Hamilton, Helen Bodenham Hamilton, HAMILTON HELEN BODENHAM ANDY
• Assisted by: Andrew R. Bodenham (Editor), Andy Bodenham (Editor), Bodenham Andy (Editor), Helen Hamilton (Editor), Helen (Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust Hamilton (Editor), Hamilton Helen (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.02.2009
• EAN: 9780470019948
• ISBN: 978-0-470-01994-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Wiley Series in Nursing; Wiley Series in Nursing; Wiley Nursing
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Cardiology, MEDICAL / Diagnostic Imaging / General, Medical imaging, Cardiovascular medicine