title: [Pediatric central venous catheterization through the axillary veins using ultrasound guidance].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Axillary veins (AXVs) are selected for the central venous catheterization (CVC) in adults using ultrasound echo but quite rarely in children. We evaluated the relationships between the widths and the depths of the pediatric AXVs.
  
  
  METHODS
  The widths and the depths of the AXVs were measured using an ultrasound echo apparatus in fifty patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The widths and depths of the AXVs were about 3.8 and 10.0 mm in patients of about 75.7 cm in height. In 35 children less than 80 cm in height, AXVs depth to width ratios (D/W) averaged 3.6, and the CVC through the AXVs seemed difficult, whereas in 7 children of more than 100 cm in height, D/W averaged 1.7, and it seemed easy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We should know the AXV characteristics to secure the pediatric CVC through the AXV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Kyushukoseinenkin Hospital, Kitakyushu 806-8511.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kayashima
authors.forename: Hiroomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueki
authors.forename: Hisano
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D001367:Axillary Vein / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001827:Body Height; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014463:Ultrasonography