vessel spasm or vasoconstriction is commonly seen among kids. from my data, the median age group is 12. usually moderation sedation helps (if history is known). this is the main reason I advocate moderation sedation for that age group for picc insertion.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > could be the vessel was in spasm. i have never had > it happen to me until > last week and the scenario is the same. if you wait > a couple of minutes, the > spasm resolves. i was all set to pull out the > introducer, but waited and had > no problem threading it and the picc into the > vessel. never thought it would > have happened, but my partner had just had it happen > to her and she > encouraged me to wait. sure enough, it went very > smoothly after just a minute or 2 > of leaving the vessel alone. not sure if this was > the problem, but it may be > worth a thought. > mt tessier, r.n. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
