title: Peripherally inserted central catheter using the saphenous vein: importance of two-view radiographs to determine the tip location.
abstract: Two cases are described in which a peripherally inserted central catheter tip in the saphenous vein appeared to be in the inferior vena cava by an anteroposterior abdominal radiograph, but a lateral view revealed the catheter tip to be outside the inferior vena cava. The actual location of the catheter tip placement may be misleading with a single radiograph. Two-view radiographs should be considered to assure the proper catheter tip placement.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98122, USA.
authors.forename: Alison Kirse
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Coit
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kamitsuka
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011859:Radiography; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*