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SUBMITTER: Riley DC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3397656 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Riley David C DC Garcia Steven S
Critical ultrasound journal 20120416 1
An 85-year-old woman with a past medical history of severe peripheral vascular disease and right below knee amputation presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of non-positional dizziness and weakness. The patient required intravenous access to work up her dizziness and weakness. The patient had multiple failed blind ED peripheral IV attempts performed in the past. Emergency department bedside ultrasonography with a high frequency linear array vascular probe was used to guide a ...[more]