[Intravascular monitoring by axillary artery cannulation in infants].
In patients with respiratory failure and shock serial arterial blood analyses are important to calculate adequate respiratory therapy. During circulatory insufficiency punction of a radial artery can be difficult or impossible, especially in very young patients. The case report of a 9-month old female infant with septic shock and Waterhouse-Friderichsen's syndrome illustrates these problems and is helpful to describe an alternative technique. Percutaneous axillary arterial catheterization with a disposable venous cannula proved to be a simple and quick method to obtain the possibility of arterial monitoring in very young patients with severe hypotension.
D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D001366:Axillary Artery; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*
D010100:Oxygen
Intravasales Monitoring durch Arteria axillaris-Kanülierung im Säuglingsalter.