ARTERIAL DUPLEX SCANNING: PEARLS AND PITFALLS FOR THE TECHNOLOGIST Stephanie Wilson, BS, RDMS, RVT, FSVU SVU Vice President Coordinator, Vascular Sonography South Hills School of Business & Technology Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Vascular Lab NO DISCLOSURES
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ARTERIAL DUPLEX SCANNING:
PEARLS AND PITFALLS FOR THE TECHNOLOGIST
Stephanie Wilson, BS, RDMS, RVT, FSVUSVU Vice President
Coordinator, Vascular Sonography
South Hills School of Business & Technology
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Vascular Lab
NO DISCLOSURES
3/6/2019
ARTERIAL DUPLEX
PEARLS PITFALLS
Non invasive
No contrast
Less expensive
Provides physiologic info
Vessel wall assessment
Inexperience
Time commitment
Outdated equipment
Inadequate history
Vessel calcification
Kupinski, A. M. (2013). The Vascular System. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
WHAT IS THE INDICATION?
What is the clinical question?
Provide as much detail as possible
Examine the chart PRIOR to the exam
New patient?
Past procedures?
Prior duplex exams?
Prior ABIs?
TIME COMMITMENT
Call the ordering physician/provider
Explain the types of exams consider ABI vs duplex
Daigle, R. (2014). Techniques in Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis 4th Ed. Littleton, CO: