Vascular Viewpoints

Since options for difficult intravenous (IV) access cases are still often limited in many emergency departments, vascular access care teams are strategizing easier solutions. Join Amy Mackey as she speaks with Dr. Andrew Little about novel approaches to these challenging cases, like the Easy IJ procedure.

In the face of challenging vascular access situations, we typically turn to available evidence to help us make sound decisions, but what happens when that same evidence is interpreted differently across vascular access teams and institutions? To help address this interpretative gap in vascular access care evidence, Dr. Jennifer Caudle is joined by Nadine Nakazawa, a vascular access specialist at Stanford Health Care in California.

PICC-related complications should be at the forefront of the minds of any vascular access team, which is why Nadine Nakazawa, a vascular access specialist at Stanford Health Care in California, is here to talk about what the latest evidence-based recommendations say about avoiding them.

Even though the internal jugular vein is often used in central vascular access procedures, there are still some knowledge gaps surrounding this type of line placement. Joining Dr. Matt Birnholz to review best practices, risk mitigation strategies, and device selection criteria for internal jugular procedures is Dr. Andrew Little, an emergency medicine specialist at OhioHealth Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

With new medical technology and techniques on the rise, all healthcare professionals want first dibs on viewing them on social media. But how does social media affect patients’ perspectives on these advancements? Here to explore this hot topic with Dr. Jennifer Caudle are Dr. Bret Nelson and advanced nurse practitioner Matt Ostroff.

With a patient's life on the line, vascular access care teams need to work together to structure the right treatment by using the right device. Listen in as Dr. Bret Nelson and advanced nurse practitioner Matt Ostroff discuss two complex cases and the obstacles they had to overcome to give these patients proper treatment.

If you’re looking to adopt a patient-centered approach into your own practice, tune in to hear Dr. Kelly Cawcutt, an infectious disease and critical care physician at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, break down her team’s approach with Mario Nacinovich.

Sharing a patient story from her own experience as an infectious disease and critical care physician, Dr. Kelly Cawcutt reflects on the choice of vascular access, the decision-making process, and the risks and benefits of different types of vascular devices.

Infections often occur in patients receiving nutrients through central venous catheters—so often that any one of them can be fatal. Here to review a memorable patient case with Dr. Jennifer Caudle is Dr. Kevin Baskin, an interventional radiologist from Pittsburgh. Dr. Baskin breaks down his approach and the complex challenges he and his vascular access team encountered while caring for a seven-year-old boy with intestinal failure due to short gut syndrome.

In an effort to decrease the prevalence of hospital-acquired conditions (HAC), the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program reduces payment for underperforming institutions. But even though this program began in 2015, there’s still misconceptions surrounding HAC scores. To help clear up the confusion, Dr. Jennifer Caudle is joined by Dr. Kevin Baskin, an interventional radiologist from Pittsburgh.