Detecting an infiltrated intravenous catheter using indigo carmine: a novel method.
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Chen, M; Habib, AS; Panni, MK; Schultz, JR
Published in: Anesth Analg
October 2007
An extravasated IV catheter may have serious clinical consequences. These include the inability to circulate emergency medications, cause pain on injection, infection at the site, and tissue damage. Clinical signs such as swelling, redness, and pain with injection are valuable, but may not be helpful in the presence of obesity, edema, or in a tracheally intubated and sedated patient. Here we describe a case illustrating a novel approach in which we used an IV dye injection (indigo carmine) to detect a correctly placed and then an extravasated IV. The ability to see visible flow of IV dye intravascularly helped confirm the correct placement. The technique we describe is quick, safe, and inexpensive.
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Anesth Analg
DOI
EISSN
1526-7598
Publication Date
October 2007
Volume
105
Issue
4
Start / End Page
1130 / 1131
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Obesity, Morbid
- Indigo Carmine
- Humans
- Female
- Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials
- Coloring Agents
- Catheterization, Central Venous
- Anesthesiology
- Adult
- 3202 Clinical sciences
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Chen, M., Habib, A. S., Panni, M. K., & Schultz, J. R. (2007). Detecting an infiltrated intravenous catheter using indigo carmine: a novel method. Anesth Analg, 105(4), 1130–1131. https://doi.org/10.1213/01.ane.0000278625.00308.dc
Chen, Mingda, Ashraf S. Habib, Moeen K. Panni, and John R. Schultz. “Detecting an infiltrated intravenous catheter using indigo carmine: a novel method.” Anesth Analg 105, no. 4 (October 2007): 1130–31. https://doi.org/10.1213/01.ane.0000278625.00308.dc.
Chen M, Habib AS, Panni MK, Schultz JR. Detecting an infiltrated intravenous catheter using indigo carmine: a novel method. Anesth Analg. 2007 Oct;105(4):1130–1.
Chen, Mingda, et al. “Detecting an infiltrated intravenous catheter using indigo carmine: a novel method.” Anesth Analg, vol. 105, no. 4, Oct. 2007, pp. 1130–31. Pubmed, doi:10.1213/01.ane.0000278625.00308.dc.
Chen M, Habib AS, Panni MK, Schultz JR. Detecting an infiltrated intravenous catheter using indigo carmine: a novel method. Anesth Analg. 2007 Oct;105(4):1130–1131.
Published In
Anesth Analg
DOI
EISSN
1526-7598
Publication Date
October 2007
Volume
105
Issue
4
Start / End Page
1130 / 1131
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Obesity, Morbid
- Indigo Carmine
- Humans
- Female
- Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials
- Coloring Agents
- Catheterization, Central Venous
- Anesthesiology
- Adult
- 3202 Clinical sciences