CLINIPICS: Intra–arterial line: a nightmare!!

  • Perundurai Chinnaswamy Vijayakumar
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Abstract

A patient had invasive hemodynamic monitoring for Whipple’s procedure. Upper limb arterial cannulation failed due to vasospastic arteries. So her right femoral artery was cannulated and used for 48 h postop to manage the hypotension with continuous thoracic epidural analgesia.

Author Biography

Perundurai Chinnaswamy Vijayakumar

Director Academics, Chief Anesthesiologist and Intensivist at Sooriya Hospital, Saligramam,Chennai, India;

Published
12-21-2021
Section
Clinipics