After 1 per cent lidocaine was injected intradermally to produce local anesthesia, we placed a thin-walled 20-gauge Cournand needle in an antecubital vein as the route for subsequent intravenous ...

much like a regular intravenous cannula, into a palpable vein in or near the antecubital fossa. The stylet is removed and the catheter inserted through the cannula. The cannula is then pulled back ...

As a curious child, you might remember staring at an older relative's thick stockings at the blue, gnarled veins lying under the skin like bumpy snakes. Known as varicose veins, these blood ...

Share on Pinterest Getty Images/KatarzynaBialasiewicz When a standard intravenous (IV ... This could be because a deeper, larger vein needs to be accessed. Vascular access is also a good option ...

How can I stop varicose veins from getting worse? Do compression socks actually work? Varicose veins are engorged, serpentine veins that look like knots and appear most often in our legs.

An MRV uses magnetic resonance technology and intravenous (IV) contrast dye to visualize the veins. Contrast dye causes the blood vessels to appear opaque on the x-ray image, allowing the physician to ...

Researchers found that a medicine called ferric carboxymaltose given in drip through the vein works faster and better than an ...

The femoral, jugular, subclavian, and cubital veins are the most frequently used sites for CVC insertion in children. In newborns, cubital veins and the saphenous vein are also frequently used for ...

Laparotomy on a 64-year-old dehydrated man showed metastatic carcinoma of the stomach with perforation and gastric-outlet obstruction. Surgical repair of the gastric perforation was performed.

Vein ligation and stripping is a minor surgery. It is used to remove a damaged vein and prevent complications of vein damage. If several valves in a vein and the vein itself are heavily damaged, the ...

It is the inflammation of vein caused due to injury, intravenous insertion (catheter), impaired blood flow from organs to the heart or a clot. It causes pain, swelling, tenderness and redness ...