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Angiography/standards , Blood-Borne Pathogens , Disease Transmission, Infectious/prevention & control , HIV Infections/prevention & control , Hepatitis B/prevention & control , Hepatitis C/prevention & control , Radiology, Interventional/standards , Angiography/adverse effects , HIV Infections/transmission , Health Personnel , Hepatitis B/transmission , Hepatitis C/transmission , Humans , Risk Factors , Safety Management/standardsSubject(s)
Cathartics/administration & dosage , Fasting , Urography/methods , Contrast Media , HumansABSTRACT
The authors describe a simple method using double-coated medical tape to improve adherence between a finger trap suture and a drainage catheter. They have used it on multiple types of catheters without failure.
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Bandages , Catheterization/methods , Drainage/instrumentation , Sutures , HumansSubject(s)
Angioplasty, Balloon , Arterial Occlusive Diseases/therapy , Adult , Aged , Female , Femoral Artery , Humans , Iliac Artery , Male , Middle Aged , Popliteal ArterySubject(s)
Catheterization/instrumentation , Ureteral Obstruction/therapy , Urinary Diversion/adverse effects , Dilatation/instrumentation , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Hydronephrosis/etiology , Hydronephrosis/therapy , Ileostomy , Ileum/diagnostic imaging , Ileum/surgery , Male , Middle Aged , Radiography , Ureter/diagnostic imaging , Ureter/surgery , Ureteral Obstruction/complications , Ureteral Obstruction/diagnostic imagingSubject(s)
Contrast Media/adverse effects , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Patient Acceptance of Health Care , RiskABSTRACT
Using an angiographic guide wire, we found that the flexibility of the Dobbhoff tube could be overcome and, thus, manipulated under fluoroscopic control into the duodenum.
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Intubation, Gastrointestinal/instrumentation , Parenteral Nutrition, Total/instrumentation , Parenteral Nutrition/instrumentation , Duodenum , Esophagus/diagnostic imaging , Fluoroscopy , Humans , Intubation, Gastrointestinal/methodsABSTRACT
Radiographs of the kidneys were obtained during inspiration with a 10 degrees cephalad angulation of the central ray. With this technique, costocartilaginous calcifications were not projected over the renal areas in 94% of cases.
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Kidney/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Methods , Radiography , RespirationABSTRACT
Two patients with tuberous sclerosis were examined angiographically. In one, direct left carotid angiography showed a contralateral shift of the anterior cerebral artery and lateral displacement of the middle cerebral artery. On the lateral series, increase in the sweep of the anterior cerebral artery as well as stretching of the opercular branches of the middle cerebral artery were noted in the early arterial phase. In the later arterial phase, there was marked hypervascularity, with the contrast substance temporarily pooling in small, rounded collections. In the mid-arterial phase of the second case, pooling of the the contrast medium within the tumor and many small, berry-like outpunchings were noted. There was no evidence of early venous drainage in either case.
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Astrocytoma/diagnostic imaging , Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Tuberous Sclerosis/diagnostic imaging , Cerebral Angiography , Child , Female , HumansABSTRACT
A vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm accompanied by serious neurological injury was seen in a 42-year-old woman who had undergone chiropractic manipulation of the neck. Such manipulation is a potential cause of neurological injury due to trauma to the cervical spine and the major vessels of the neck. The arterial pattern in this case was similar to that of angiodysplasia except for narrowing and irregularity of the vertebral artery.