“Many medical therapies involve administration of fluids and medications with chemical properties that make them unsafe to administer into small superficial veins. CVADs, developed and introduced over a half-century ago, are now used to deliver these life-saving fluids and medications directly to large veins and arteries. Within these vascular structures, dilution of irritating and damaging chemical properties of these agents occurs, thereby reducing short and long-term complications linked to their infusion.”
AVA (2011) The use of Seldinger or Modified Seldinger Technique, in combination with real-time imaging modalities for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter and Midline placements by clinicians.
