Ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation in a very small preterm neonate.
Percutaneous central venous cannulation of small infants is a challenging procedure. The use of ultrasound guidance has been shown to increase the success rate generally in children and to decrease the incidence of associated complications. To demonstrate that this technique is also suitable in very small infants we describe the case of a preterm neonate of 850 g body weight (BW), in which percutaneous central venous cannulation was performed successfully using ultrasound imaging for guidance.
Machotta
Andreas
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Klinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. Andreas.Machotta@charite.de
Kerner
Sabine
S
Höhne
Claudia
C
Kerner
Thoralf
T
D001835:Body Weight; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods*; D020139:Gastroschisis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D014463:Ultrasonography