Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia is a better option for pediatric supracondylar fractures than IV opioids, according to a study reported on by Anesthesia News. Chris Darrel Glover, MD, an ...

Children's veins are small and sometimes difficult to access during necessary medical treatment. When caregivers used ultrasound to guide placement of intravenous (IV) lines in children with presumed ...

St. Joseph's Healthcare System, located in Paterson, is drastically improving patient experiences with its first-of-its-kind sterile ultrasound-guided Vascular Access Program, which increases the ...

Vascular access is the most commonly performed invasive procedure in medicine, with 200 million peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheters placed annually in U.S. hospitals to administer fluids, ...

HARTWELL, Georgia. – A new study from PICC Excellence shows that standardizing ultrasound-guided PIV insertions in a hospital setting using an innovative sterile barrier dressing reduced costs by 73% ...