Umbilical Arterial Catheters (UACs) - Pediatric Radiology and NICU

Audience: Medical students, interns, pediatricians, and radiology residents
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the ideal location and suboptimal locations for the tip of an umbilical arterial catheter in premature infants​
Describe the common complications that can arise from an umbilical arterial catheter
Why UACs?
Blood pressure monitoring​
Blood pressure medicine​
Blood gas measurement
Course of UACs
Umbilical artery​ - External iliac artery​ - Common iliac artery​ - Aorta​ - T6-T10​
Summary:
Why - Blood Pressure, blood gas, blood pressure medicine​
Where - T6-T10 ; less ideal between L3-L5​
Complications - thrombosis of mesenteric and renal artery vasculature​

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Umb artery is a branch of the INTERNAL iliac artery? But otherwise great teaching session. thank you very much for making these videos.