An arterial line is a small catheter that is directly inserted into an artery. The procedure is associated with risks, so it is important that appropriate care is taken during and after insertion.

Baby girl D was an 896-g infant born at 26 weeks' gestation to a 23-year-old mother, gravida 1, para 0. Delivery was by emergency C-section secondary to placental abruption. APGAR scores were 2, 6, ...

MBOMBELA – The parents of a premature baby had to watch helplessly as two joints of four fingers on their daughter’s left hand fell off one by one after she had received an arterial line at Mediclinic ...

Procedures: Hospital Collection, where have you been all my life? I remember back at Webelos camp in grade school when I needed to do an Arterial Line Placement to get my “Arterial Line Placement” ...

Charge markups for health care are variable and inflated several times beyond cost. Using the 2015 Medicare Provider Fee-For-Service Utilization and Payment Data file, we identified providers who ...