Case report: digital ischaemia following radial artery cannulation
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Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
|February 1, 1978
Abstract:
A case of digital ischaemia following radial artery cannulation is described. The ischaemia developed following three hours hypotension seven days after the radial artery cannula had been removed. Patients with a thrombosed radial artery and a poor ulnar collateral circulation should be identified pre-operatively.