title: A new modified Seldinger technique for 2- and 3-French peripherally inserted central venous catheters.
abstract: This study describes a modified Seldinger technique for 2- and 3-French peripherally inserted central venous catheters: A device similar to that used in heart catherisation with a standard micro-introducer serving as sheath and an arterial catheter serving as inner dilator was pushed forward over a wire guide that had before been inserted via a peripheral venous catheter. With this method 2-and 3-French catheters could be safely inserted into peripheral veins of 14 paediatric patients. In conclusion successful insertion of a small peripheral venous catheter offers in most cases a possibility for the placement of a central venous line.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Centre of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. martin.wald@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wald
authors.forename: Christoph M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Happel
authors.forename: Lieselotte
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kirchner
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jeitler
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasse
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wessel
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans