title: Percutaneous translumbar inferior vena cava central line placement in a critically ill child.
abstract: In patients requiring long term central venous access, common venous access routes may become occluded. Surgical placement of central venous catheters may not always be possible or optimal. Percutaneous translumbar inferior vena cava central line placement offers an additional access route. The technique of translumbar inferior vena cava central venous access is described in a critically ill child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Robards
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Jaques
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mauro
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Azizkhan
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior