CATHETER EXCHANGE STRATEGY AND CATHETER CONFIGURED FOR SAME
Exchanging a catheter includes producing a first image on an electronic display establishing positioning of a first catheter at a treatment location within a patient where a distal tip of the first catheter remains below the pylorus in a patient's gastro-intestinal (GI) tract. An exchange wire...
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Zusammenfassung: | Exchanging a catheter includes producing a first image on an electronic display establishing positioning of a first catheter at a treatment location within a patient where a distal tip of the first catheter remains below the pylorus in a patient's gastro-intestinal (GI) tract. An exchange wire is advanced through the first catheter to a predefined target insertion depth, and the first catheter is removed from the patient over the exchange wire. A replacement catheter is then advanced over the common exchange wire, and a second image produced on an electronic display confirming placement of the second catheter at the treatment location. Aspects of the methodology can be performed without assistance of radiography and in a traditional emergency room setting. |
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