title: [Control of the placement of central venous catheters using x-ray and sonographic methods. A comparative controlled study].
abstract: At present there is no method available meeting all demands for accurate, simple and non-invasive verification of the position of central venous catheters. Using sonographic methods, it should be possible to verify central venous catheters intracardially or in the superior vena cava. We investigated whether the sonographic imaging of central venous catheters using a mobile echo camera presented an alternative to the usual control method using fluoroscopy. Since the investigated method has a rate of 20 to 30% false positive results and 8 to 26% false-negative results, it cannot be used as a routine alternative to fluoroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scherhag
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jäger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Die Lagekontrolle zentralvenöser Katheter mit röntgenologischen und sonographischen Methoden. Eine vergleichende, kontrollierte Untersuchung.