Francesco Cardona Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 We are revising our guidelines for arterial lines. Currently we add heparin and lidocain to our arterial flush and run it with 0.5ml/h to 1.0ml/h. How do you handle intraarterial lines and are you aware of any literature on the subject? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hehady Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 we use heparin flush 0.5ml/h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abeluchin Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Lidocain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinesh N Patel Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 we use heparin 1unit/ml of NS 0.5-1 ml/hr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesco Cardona Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Lidocain? The idea is to reduce arterial spasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JoannieO Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 We use 0.45% saline with hwparin 1unit/ml running at 0.5ml/hr for UAC or 0.8ml for PAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesco Cardona Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 Thanks for your answers. Any other arterial flush compositions used? Another question: I was recently asked how we can return the blood drawn as waste before obtaining samples. Especially for the very preterm this will be quite a big volume of blood withdrawn. We currently return this blood via a venous line. Any thoughts about doing this via an arterial line? I would be concerned about possible clots developing while blood is drawn into the syringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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