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Femoral Arterial and Venous Catheterization for Blood Sampling, Drug Administration and Conscious Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Measurements
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Femoral Arterial and Venous Catheterization for Blood Sampling, Drug Administration and Conscious Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Measurements
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09:38 min

January 24, 2012

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:11Preparing and Tunneling of the Catheter
  • 02:32Tunneling the Catheter
  • 03:33Inserting the Catheters into the Femoral Vein and Artery
  • 06:55Surgical Wrap-up
  • 07:53Maintenance of Catheter
  • 08:23Blood Pressure Measurements and Alpha Adrenergic Ligands
  • 09:25Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Chronic catheterization of blood vessels in the rat is often required for administration of substances, obtain blood sample over a period of time or for direct conscious blood pressure measurements. Femoral arterial catheterization of the rat and corresponding measurements of blood pressure in the conscious animal will be demonstrated.

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