title: Intraoperative placement of central venous pressure monitoring cannulas.
abstract: A method for placement of central venous pressure monitoring and fluid administration catheters is described which we have found quite useful in our practice for the past three years in patients undergoing sternotomy incisions, most commonly for cardiac procedures.
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002496:Central Venous Pressure; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation