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Pulmonology • Critical Care • Hospital Medicine • Point-of-care Ultrasound • General Hospital Medicine
Do you suggest using a vascular probe to assess the superficial vasculature prior to performing a bedside procedure such as paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, etc.?
If so, is there a particular method or process you suggest?
Answer from: at Community Practice
In our practice, we routinely use POCUS to assess the superficial vasculature before paracentesis and thoracentesis. Identifying vessels with POCUS is feasible, rapid, and may lead to a reduction in bleeding complications.1-6 For lumbar puncture, we use POCUS for site marking but not for vascul...
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