| radial arterial line placementPosted By: Lisa on 2008-10-09In Reply to:
 
 Subject: radial arterial line placement
 
 I'm doing a picc insertion note.  He says "there was good s/l weigh form or way form" noted on the monitor.  Any suggestions? Can't find anything.  Thanks in advance!!
 
 
 Complete Discussion Below:
  marks the location of current message within thread 
 
 The messages you are viewing 
are archived/old. To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select 
the boards given in left menu
 Other related messages found in our database
 
 CABG s/l femoral *art* line. Short for arterial line?
 Subject: CABG s/l femoral *art* line. Short for arterial line?
 
 many thanks.
 PICC line placement or PIC line placement??
 Subject: PICC line placement or PIC line placement??
 
 
 dd Is an arterial line and central line the same thing?  NM
 Subject: Is an arterial line and central line the same thing?  NM
 
 xxxx
 an arterial line usually goes in the arm and a central line in the chest or elsewhere.  No they are
 Subject: an arterial line usually goes in the arm and a central line in the chest or elsewhere.  No they are not the same. nm
 
 .
 hard to guess...LB could be left brachial, R could be radial, RT could be s/l for arterial sm
 Subject: hard to guess...LB could be left brachial, R could be radial, RT could be s/l for arterial sm
 
 brachial arterial lines and radial arterial lines are commonly used...
 s/ radial ARV or ART or ARB line
 Subject: s/ radial ARV or ART or ARB line
 
 Radial (ARV or ART or ARB) line was placed after the angiogram.  Any idea what the abbreviation might be?
 art for arterial line
 Subject: art for arterial line
 
 x
 s/l cor-don needle used in arterial line
 Subject: s/l cor-don needle used in arterial line
 
 Thanks in advance
 art line -- arterial line
 Subject: art line -- arterial line
 
 
 femoral line placement ?
 Subject: femoral line placement ?
 
 
 During a PICC line placement an s/l ONA or oen-A wire was placed.  nm
 Subject: During a PICC line placement an s/l ONA or oen-A wire was placed.  nm
 
 
 Thanks!! Yes, they use 0.018 wires in PICC line placement
 Subject: Yes, they use 0.018 wires in PICC line placement
 
 Also 0.025 as well.
 s/l tamsat peripheral line placement.nm
 Subject: s/l tamsat peripheral line placement.nm
 
 xx
 Central venous line placement, see message
 Subject: Central venous line placement, see message
 
 
 " 
 States:  A wire was then passed through the needle, the needle was removed, and the triple lumen was placed over the wire and the wire removed. This was sutured in place, all 3 lumens with a positive s/l "flash."   
 Is "flash" lingo for blood return? or is he saying something else.  I've not typed these before.  Maybe he's saying "joint line or knee joint line and skin intact" in there somewhere?  I
 Subject: Maybe he's saying "joint line or knee joint line and skin intact" in there somewhere?  I'm reaching.
 
 
   PE tube placement? PET Placement? nm
 Subject: PE tube placement? PET Placement? nm
 
 
 Could use Thorax or Extremities. Axillary line is the horizontal line
 Subject: Could use Thorax or Extremities. Axillary line is the horizontal line
 
 s
 I was incorrect with my axillary line. It's the vertical line viewed
 Subject: I was incorrect with my axillary line. It's the vertical line viewed
 
 s
 right line or white line of Toldt
 Which is correct?
 PIC line versus PICC line....
 Subject: PIC line versus PICC line....
 
 Just wondering what the difference is and which one to use when doc says PIC line.
 
 PIC - Peripheral Intravenous Catheter
 
 PICC - Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter
 
 TIA.
 radial
 Subject: radial
 
 More than likely mispronouncing it; otherwise would put blank if not sure.
 radial
 Subject: radial
 
 No doc says radian, ulnar and median nerve distribution.  I was just wondering if there was a radian nerve, since QA keeps marking it as radial and then radian and then radial, (I keep getting graded on that word and just wanted to know if I was right or wrong).  It is radial.  radian is a math measurement of some sort.
 2+ (Plus) radial pulse. or+2  sm
 Subject: 2+ (Plus) radial pulse. or+2  sm
 
 
 
 
 
 Radial pulses are 2-3+ bilaterally and equal. Her hands and feet are cool. An IV is started and IV fluid is infused. She is also given an IV dose of ... www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pemxray/v7c09.html - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
 | 
 
 
 
 
 Bilateral radial pulses are 2+. Manual muscle testing reveals mild pain-inhibited weakness of scaption on the left graded at 4/5 while right was 5/5. ... www.aapmr.org/education/archive/msk0011d.htm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages
 | 
 radial styloid
 Subject: radial styloid
 
 d
 PIC line/PICC line
 which is correct please
 PIC line or PICC line
 Subject: PIC line or PICC line
 
 
 heart line, art line???
 Subject: heart line, art line???
 
 Figured out CVP catheter, not CDP.
 
 Now I have him saying something like art line or maybe heart line in the left wrist?
 arterial?
 Subject: arterial?
 
 x
 arterial? nm
 Subject: arterial? nm
 
 x
 arterial?..nm
 Subject: arterial?..nm
 
 x
 Yes, exactly.  Arterial...
 Subject: Yes, exactly.  Arterial...
 
 xx
 some type of radial fracture
 Subject: some type of radial fracture
 
 
 In the preop dx, the doctor says left radius s/l scalleazzi fracture.  I'm must be way off in my spelling because I'm having no luck in my quest to find the proper spelling of this term.  Can anyone help me?  I'm so brain dead today!!! hm..right radial? atrial? femoral? nm
 Subject: hm..right radial? atrial? femoral? nm
 
 
 Got it.  Radial digital nerve.
 Subject: Got it.  Radial digital nerve.
 
 xx
 can u hear radial stenosis? nm
 Subject: can u hear radial stenosis? nm
 
 nm
 Radial fracture to pinky?
 Subject: Radial fracture to pinky?
 
 percutaneous pinning of a radial fracture to the proximal phalanx to the base of the pinky.
 
 Anyone ever hear of a radial fracture to the pinky?  or would he mean to the radial side?
 
 
 phallus radial lesion
 Subject: phallus radial lesion
 
 This will work..
 distal radial ulnar or sm
 Subject: distal radial ulnar or sm
 
 distal radioulnar joint. Which is correct? tia.
 
 s/l eigth radial nerve
 Subject: s/l eigth radial nerve
 
 Examination of the right elbow has tenderness over the S/L *8th* radial nerve laterally.  She has almost complete extension and flexes to about 90 degrees. tia.
 
 
 ? deep radial nerve - nm
 Subject: ? deep radial nerve - nm
 
 
 Status post stent placement and status post s/l key-til? placement
 Subject: Status post stent placement and status post s/l key-til? placement
 
 
 There is an exocytosis s/l "wap" in radial and distal
 Subject: There is an exocytosis s/l "wap" in radial and distal
 
 
   radial, tibial pulses among lots of others...sm
 Subject: radial, tibial pulses among lots of others...sm
 
 
 and many more in the upper extremities....... 
 sounds like what?  s/l?   doesn't sound like radial and doc is usually very clear
 Subject: doesn't sound like radial and doc is usually very clear
 
 
 acult radial head fracture?
 Subject: acult radial head fracture?
 
 ?
 radial pulses are symmetrically s/l tine
 Subject: radial pulses are symmetrically s/l tine
 
 Is tine correct???
 She is nontender over the **radial styloid** or would it be radiostyloid?  nm  Thanks!
 Subject: She is nontender over the **radial styloid** or would it be radiostyloid?  nm  Thanks!
 
 
 yes...test for radial tunnel syndrome...sm
 Subject: yes...test for radial tunnel syndrome...sm
 
 the third-finger test: the patient is asked to raise his long finger against resistance with the elbow fully extended; he will frequently experience augmented discomfort
 the radial styloid process is a part - sm
 Subject: the radial styloid process is a part - sm
 
 of the radius bone.  google stylus, which is the needle tip inserted to carry the voltage to test the pacemaker leads.  I don't think it is styloid.  She sent it to QA, so now they can worry about it.  Ha!
 Arterial blood gas
 Subject: Arterial blood gas
 
 
 It is important that Valium not be administered  for DTs  until patient's arterial blood gas restula is established.  
 Not sure what that word is supposed to be. Thank you. how about "venous pH was 7.29 and arterial pH was 7.25" (is this an ESL doc?) nm
 Subject: how about "venous pH was 7.29 and arterial pH was 7.25" (is this an ESL doc?) nm
 
 
 
 |