title: Vascular access in neonates.
abstract: The aim of this review was to provide updated and recent literature on vascular access in neonates in order to help neonatologists in their clinical practice, using as data sources textbooks, recent published articles from Pubmed, Cochrane reviews and web guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal - gusrocha@sapo.pt.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.|Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.|Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pissarra
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.|Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Henrique
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.|Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.|Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Tiago
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Henriques-Coelho
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.|Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Hercília
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guimarães
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D057785:Catheters; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*