# No Pull from Arterial

**URL:** <https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/no-pull-from-arterial/457>\
**Category:** HD For Patients\
**Created:** [October 9, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/no-pull-from-arterial/457 "2005-10-09T02:13:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://d16rlmixcfjfyh.cloudfront.net/original/1X/5d85dacb7e76ee0f7b162785afa5f129bc0805ad.png) [@system](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/no-pull-from-arterial/457/1 "2005-10-09T02:13:50Z")

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I’m on the NXSTAGE machine, been since December (wow, almost a year!)

Anywho - I just had a new catheter put in last month, Friday’s treatment I had really low Venous and Effluent pressures, although it didn’t alarm. And today, when I went to get on the machine, I had no pull from the arterial side.

Paged the nurse, who suggested I wait til Monday, and they’ll try to put activase in. I have a feeling my radiologist is going to want to swap this cath with yet another though. ☹

Is there anything I can do in the meantime, besides of course watching my fluids. Do you think if I tried again tomorrow, by a miracle, I’d get a pull?

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**Author:** ![system](https://d16rlmixcfjfyh.cloudfront.net/original/1X/5d85dacb7e76ee0f7b162785afa5f129bc0805ad.png) [@system](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/no-pull-from-arterial/457/2 "2005-10-09T09:08:20Z")

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I rather doubt that you would get a pull but did you try reversing the lines?

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**Author:** ![system](https://d16rlmixcfjfyh.cloudfront.net/original/1X/5d85dacb7e76ee0f7b162785afa5f129bc0805ad.png) [@system](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/no-pull-from-arterial/457/3 "2005-10-09T13:51:13Z")

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No, I didnt try to reverse the lines because I didn’t get any pull in the beginning, when pulling the heparin out from the previous day. So technically, I was never even able to hook myself up.

Hopefully the activase will work tomorrow, and if not, I just hope that my preferred radiologist is in tomorrow, considering its a holiday.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d16rlmixcfjfyh.cloudfront.net/original/1X/5d85dacb7e76ee0f7b162785afa5f129bc0805ad.png) [@system](https://forums.homedialysis.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.homedialysis.org/t/no-pull-from-arterial/457/4 "2005-10-09T14:06:58Z")

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My reply was a little stupid I engaged my mouth before my brain. Good Luck to you. Your not alone … Dad just got a new catheter about 2 months ago and it’s not perfect. What type of catheter do you have?