I would agree that a Power PICC would be a better choice than---what is the other choice?
I would recommend keeping the PICC line though, not pulling it after the CT scan.
Chris Cavanaugh, CRNI
----- Original Message -----
From: Gail Sansivero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 5:11 pm
Subject: Re: question about CT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Yes, we have done this. I'd wonder though if this is the perfect
> pt for a power injectable port...now on the market! (It probably
> won't be this pt's last CT, right?)
>
>
> Gail Egan Sansivero, MS, ANP
> Nurse Practitioner
> Department of Radiology
> Albany Medical Center
> Albany, New York 12208
> 518-262-5149
>
> >>> "Denise Harper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/09/06 4:05 PM >>>
> If you have a patient who needs a CT (that HAS to be power
> injected) and you absolutely cannot get a peripheral IV (even with
> ultrasound) do you place a power PICC for a 1 time procedure?
>
> This question has come up twice today.
>
> Thanks,
> Denise
>
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