Questions and Answers - Part 15
O Wenker
Keywords
anesthesia, anesthesiology, critical care medicine, education, electronic publication, intensive care medicine, internet, multimedia, online, peer-review, regional anesthesia, trauma
Citation
O Wenker. Questions and Answers - Part 15. The Internet Journal of Anesthesiology. 1999 Volume 4 Number 3.
Abstract
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Introduction
This site was created in order to stress your brain for a
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Disclaimer
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Question 1
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Question 2
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Question 3
How are the 2 typical approaches for internal jugular vein cannulation
called?
Answer 1
This EKG shows a 2nd degree AV-Block (Wenckebach) Mobitz type I
Figure 5
Answer 2
The chest X-ray shows a knotted pulmonary artery catheter in the right
ventricle.
Cardiac surgery was necessary to remove this PA catheter (shown in image below)
Figure 6
The knotted pulmonary catheter after removal from the right ventricle:
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Answer 3
1. The high or anterior approach (blue mark in image)
2. The low or central approach (red mark in image)
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