BACKGROUND: Access to peripheral veins is necessary for sample collection, transfusion
and infusion of fluids or medications. The peripheral intravenous catheterization (PIVC) …

Peripheral intravenous line placement is a common procedure in emergency medicine.
Ultrasound guidance has been demonstrated to improve success rates, as well as decrease …

Placement of a peripheral intravenous catheter is a routine procedure in clinical practice, but
failure of intravenous cannulation regularly occurs. An accurate and reliable predictive scale …

Background Acutely ill patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) constantly
require at least one fast and reliable peripheral intravenous (PIV) access. In many conditions …

Objective To systematically review the current literature on the effect of using ultrasound
(US) guidance for the placement of peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheters in patients with …

Objectives To report our success and complication rates with emergency department (ED)
technician–performed ultrasound (US)‐guided peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter …

Introduction Establishing peripheral intravenous (IV) access is a vital step in providing
emergency care. Ten to 30% of Emergency Department (ED) patients have difficult vascular …

THE INCREASING AVAILABILITY of small mobile bedside ultrasound (US) imaging devices
has spurred its use for purposes beyond the traditional diagnostic arena. Ultrasound now is …

Background Up to one-third of critically ill patients have difficult intravenous access (DIVA).
This occurs often in obese patients, those with generalized edemas or in patients with …

Peripheral intravenous cannulation (PIV) is a common and necessary procedure in the
emergency department (ED). Patients with PIV access encounter significant treatment delay …