title: Diameter of the superior vena cava in the newborn: clinical applications in parenteral nutrition.
abstract: The authors measured the superior vena cava in the newborn by radiologic, anatomic and histologic methods and analysed the correlations between cross-sectional area and the biometric data. This method makes it possible to select the size of catheter for parenteral nutrition via the superior vena cava in relation to body-weight.
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D001835:Body Weight; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000033:anatomy & histology*