ulnar vein

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Related to ulnar vein: ulnar artery, radial vein, femoral vein, brachial vein, digital veins

ulnar vein

A vein that drains blood from the forearm and the hand and that empties into the brachial vein.

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During anesthesia, the cockatoo was monitored via capnography and pulse oximetry and received crystalloid fluids (10 mL/kg per hour; lactated Ringer's solution) through a 24-gauge catheter placed into the left ulnar vein. The bird was positioned in right lateral recumbency, and C-arm fluoroscopy (OEC 9800 unit, General Electric, Waukesha, WI, USA) was done.

Infundibular pulmonic stenosis in a Moluccan cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis)

An additional dose of ticarcillin-clavulanate (200 mg/kg) was given intravenously in the left ulnar vein. A transcoelomic cardiac ultrasound examination also was performed and did not show any abnormalities or evidence of vegetative endocarditis, which could have been a potential source for bacterial emboli.

Presumed reactive polyarthritis and granulomatous vasculitis in a Mississippi sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pulla)

The bird was anesthetized with isoflurane delivered via facemask, and then euthanatized with pentobarbital (1 mL/kg) in the left ulnar vein.