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AB - Kaushal, N., Shah, R., Gomulka, M., Wang, Despite widespread use of arterial catheters, there is remarkably little de- T. and Shulman, S. (2016) A Novel Tech- nique to Maintain Radial Arterial Catheter scribed about their stabilization in the literature. A brief review of arterial ca- Position: The Arterial Catheter Stabilizer. theterization techniques is included. The fixation techniques described in the Open Journal of Anesthesiology, 6, 193-197. literature and in commercial product information are essentially to tape or http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojanes.2016.61202 suture the arterial catheter flat against the skin. Often the wrist is immobilized in the dorsiflexed position to prevent kinking or dislodging of the catheter. Received: July 21, 2016 We describe a simple device made from a gauze pad and tape to elevate and Accepted: December 26, 2016 protect the arterial line while minimizing its kinking during wrist flexion. Published: December 29, 2016 Copyright © 2016 by authors and Keywords Scientific Research Publishing Inc. Arterial Catheters, Arterial Blood Pressure, Radial Arterial Catheter Position This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 1. Introduction Open Access Arterial blood pressure can be measured directly and indirectly. Direct mea- surement is invasive and involves placement of an 
TI - A Novel Technique to Maintain Radial Arterial Catheter Position: The Arterial Catheter Stabilizer
JO - Open Journal of Anesthesiology
DO - 10.4236/ojanes.2016.612029
DA - 2016-01-01
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