Subclavian Vein Catheterizations

Multiple left subclavian venous catheterizations in premature infant

Corresponding author: Hyun Soo Moon, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, 896, Pyeongchon-dong, Dongan-gu, Anyang 431-070, Korea. Tel: 82-31-380-3945, Fax: 82-31-385-3244, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommo...

Subclavian Vein Catheterization

T he subclavian approach to central venous cannulation provides rapid access for fluid and blood administration, hemodynamic monitoring, pacemaker insertion, and placement of catheters for parenteral nutrition. This approach is also useful when peripheral intravenous sites are not available due to extensive burns or trauma, or simply are not present because of obesity or vein depletion from pri...

Internal jugular vein cannulation versus subclavian vein cannulation. A surgeon's view: the subclavian vein.

Primary subclavian-axillary vein thrombosis.

Primary thrombosis of the subclavian-axillary vein is a condition of uncertain origin resulting in proximal arm swelling, discomfort on use, and prominence of engorged collateral veins in the upper arm and chest. The literature is reviewed and the authors' own experience with 23 patients, evaluated from 1950 through 1966, is detailed. This disorder is a clinically distinct venous complication o...

Haemothorax after subclavian vein cannulation.

A patient in whom pulmonary arterial bleeding occurred during percutaneous supraclavicular puncture of the subclavian vein is described. A retrospective survey of over 600 subclavian venepunctures disclosed seven patients in whom serious traumatic complications occurred, six of them in the hands of inexperienced operators.