title: Perioperative Surface Ultrasound for Placement and Confirmation of Central Venous Access: A Case Report.
abstract: We present a case highlighting that the real-time visualization of the guidewire in the internal jugular vein with ultrasound, and confirmation of correct position of the guidewire tip at the superior vena cava to right atrial junction with surface ultrasound, is possibly the safest method of central venous catheter insertion.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, and the †Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bortman
authors.forename: Ziyad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Knio
authors.forename: Rabia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amir
authors.forename: Khadija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.forename: Feroze
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.forename: Robina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matyal
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019990:Perioperative Care; D014463:Ultrasonography