Central venous catheters provide long-term available vascular access. They are useful for central venous pressure monitoring, rapid fluid management, massive transfusion and direct cardiovascular medication, especially in operation. Central venous catheterization is usually performed by the landmark bedside technique without imaging guidance. The complications of central venous catheterization ...

OBJECTIVES Intraosseous access is a rapid and effective route of fluid and drug administration. Its use has been proven in emergency medicine, pediatrics, and the military. We aimed to assess its performance and utilization against landmark-guided central venous catheter placement during inpatient medical emergencies. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Eight hundred fifty-six-b...

venous pressure be interchangeable with central venous pressure in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Intensive Care Med 2004; 30: 627–632. 3. Charalambous C, Barker TA, Zipitis CS. Comparison of peripheral and central venous pressures in critically ill patients. Anaesth Intensive Care 2003; 31: 34–39. 4. Hoftman N, Braunfeld M, Hoftman G et al. Peripheral venous pressure as a predictor of ce...

Stenting of the central veins is well established for treating localized venous stenosis. The techniques regarding catheter preservation for central venous catheters in the superior vena cava have been described. We describe here a method for stent implantation in the superior vena cava and the left brachiocephalic vein, and principally via a single jugular venous puncture, while saving a left ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the use of bedside ultrasound and chest radiography to verify central venous catheter tip positioning. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING PICU of a university hospital. PATIENTS Patients aged 0-14 who required a central venous catheter. INTERVENTION None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Central venous catheter tip location was confirmed by ultrasound an...

background central venous catheterization is done frequently in cardiac surgery and intensive care settings. faulty positioning of the catheter can cause many complications. objectives the aim of our study was to study the average depth of insertion and formulate a general guideline through the right internal jugular vein (ijv). patients and methods the right ijv was cannulated over a period of...

BACKGROUND Impregnated central venous catheters are recommended for adults to reduce bloodstream infections but not for children because there is not enough evidence to prove they are effective. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of any type of impregnation (antibiotic or heparin) compared with standard central venous catheters to prevent bloodstream infections in children needing intensive c...