title: Ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation in a very small preterm neonate.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. Andreas.Machotta@charite.de
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Machotta
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kerner
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Höhne
authors.forename: Thoralf
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kerner
mesh_terms: 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