A new technique for placement of central venous catheters in small infants.
The delivery of total parenteral nutrition to premature infants has been a major advance in neonatal intensive care. Ideally, total parenteral nutrition fluids should be given through a central venous catheter, but insertion of such a catheter may be a very difficult procedure in small neonates. We describe a new technique that improves the success rate of central venous catheterization in premature infants.
Stephenson
T
T
Department of Child Health, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, England.
Khan
J
J
D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000379:methods*