Achieving superficial femoral venous access in a critically ill COVID-19 patient in the prone position

A 63-year-old obese male was admitted with acute respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19. Day 13 the patient decompensated, lapsing into a critical stage of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, requiring immediate prone positioning. The Rapid Response Team managed the emergency intervention for intubation but was unable to establish central access with the patient in the prone position. A consult to the Vascular Access Team succeeded in establishing central catheter placement with an ultrasound-guided mid-thigh superficial femoral 55-centimeter triple lumen catheter. The terminal tip of the catheter was confirmed in the mid portion of the inferior vena cava.

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Translumbar approach to the inferior vena cava for chronic venous access

Operative Techniques in General Surgery ◽

10.1053/otgn.2001.27747 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 238-242 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

James C. Andrews

Keyword(s):

Inferior Vena Cava ◽

Inferior Vena ◽

Vena Cava ◽

Venous Access

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Translumbar inferior vena cava catheters for long-term venous access.

Radiology ◽

10.1148/radiology.174.1.2294571 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 174 (1) ◽

pp. 31-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 61

Author(s):

G B Lund ◽

R P Lieberman ◽

W D Haire ◽

V A Martin ◽

A Kessinger ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Inferior Vena Cava ◽

Inferior Vena ◽

Vena Cava ◽

Venous Access

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Patient and Operational Factors that Influence the Decision to Place an Inferior Vena Cava Filter in a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team

Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.11.021 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Elizabeth Weng Yan Lun ◽

Nicholas Joseph Giordano ◽

Anders Kramer ◽

Christian Schmidt Mortensen ◽

Jasmine Torrey ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Pulmonary Embolism ◽

Inferior Vena Cava ◽

Inferior Vena Cava Filter ◽

Inferior Vena ◽

Vena Cava ◽

Vena Cava Filter ◽

Response Team ◽

Operational Factors ◽

Pulmonary Embolism Response Team

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Inferior vena cava implant of permanent central venous access devices

Journal of Chemotherapy ◽

10.1179/joc.1997.9.2.157 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 157-158

Author(s):

F. D'angelo ◽

G. Ramacciato ◽

P. Aurello ◽

S. Broglia ◽

S. Cataldi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Inferior Vena Cava ◽

Inferior Vena ◽

Central Venous Access ◽

Vena Cava ◽

Venous Access ◽

Central Venous ◽

Venous Access Devices

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PERCUTANEUS TRANSLUMBAR INFERIOR VENA CAVA VENOUS ACCESS IN AN INTENSIVE CARE PATIENT

Acta Clinica Belgica ◽

10.1179/acb.2005.056 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 60 (6) ◽

pp. 373-376 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

B. L. De Keulenaer ◽

J. C. Democratis ◽

M. Wilks ◽

D. P. Stephens ◽

A. I. De Backer

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Inferior Vena Cava ◽

Inferior Vena ◽

Intensive Care Patient ◽

Vena Cava ◽

Venous Access ◽

Care Patient

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Successful radio-frequency catheter ablation of two cases of supraventricular tachycardia via a left-sided inferior vena cava

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.12669/pjms.36.6.2947 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Romana Asad Awan ◽

Muhammad Faisal Khanzada ◽

Zubair Mumtaz ◽

Faisal Qadir

Keyword(s):

Catheter Ablation ◽

Inferior Vena Cava ◽

Radio Frequency ◽

Supraventricular Tachycardia ◽

Cardiac Electrophysiology ◽

Inferior Vena ◽

Vena Cava ◽

Venous Access ◽

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Gain Access

Congenital venous anomalies are uncommon, incidental findings encountered during adult interventional electrophysiology procedures. Femoral venous access is conventionally used during cardiac electrophysiology studies to gain access to the heart. The chance finding of an inferior vena cava anomaly may preclude the performance of these procedures from the femoral approach. We describe two cases in which we were able to successfully perform different radiofrequency catheter ablation procedures in the presence of an unusual venous anomaly, the left-sided IVC. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2947 How to cite this:Awan RA, Khanzada MF, Mumtaz Z, Qadir F. Successful radio-frequency catheter ablation of two cases of supraventricular tachycardia via a left-sided inferior vena cava. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(6):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2947 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Central Venous Access in Pediatric Patients

The Journal of Vascular Access ◽

10.1177/112972980100200308 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 125-128 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

F. Fusaro ◽

M.G. Scarpa ◽

R. Lo Piccolo ◽

G.F. Zanon

Keyword(s):

Pediatric Patients ◽

Inferior Vena ◽

Central Venous Access ◽

Vena Cava ◽

Chronic Administration ◽

Venous Access ◽

Central Venous Line ◽

Venous Cannulation ◽

Central Venous ◽

Central Venous Thrombosis

Occlusion of traditional sites for central venous cannulation is a challenging problem in patients that require a permanent central venous line for chronic administration of nutrients or drugs. In rare cases, extensive central venous thrombosis of the superior and inferior vena cava may preclude catheterization, and uncommon routes should be used. We describe our approach for placement of chronic central venous lines in two pediatric patients with short bowel syndrome and extensive caval occlusion.

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