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DVT398-TB3
USI DMS Upper Extremity Venous
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the number one cause of upper extremity venous thrombosis? | Indwelling venous catheter |
| What are the superficial veins of the upper extremity venous? | Basilic vein, Cephalic vein, and Median cubital vein |
| Why do patients need to be supine for evaluation of the proximal veins? | Removes hydrostatic pressure which will allow the veins to collapse. |
| Where is reverberation artifact and Rouleaux formation commonly seen? | Jugular vein |
| If appropriate, which artery do you use for CABG? | Radial artery |
| Vein diameters of what have a higher graft patency rate? | Greater than or equal to 2.5 mm |
| The optimal transducer selection to insonate the innominate vein in a height-weight proportionate patient is? | Curved array 8-5 MHz |
| When venous thrombosis is classically acute, the vein is? | Dilated, with softly echogenic material in the lumen |
| Normal Doppler flow in the upper extremity central veins is described as? | Pulsatile |
| Common types of upper extremity central venous catheters include? | PICC, Hickman, Swan-Ganz |