Two simple techniques for central venous cannulation by percutaneous puncture of the right internal jugular vein are described. They have been employed routinely for the last six months in all ...

During intensive and long-lasting treatments, short-term or emergency care, children often undergo minor needle-related ...

This was the first central vein cannulation performed on a human 1. And we all know where it has gone since then with central line placement and cardiac catheterization a daily occurrence in ...

Central venous catheterization (CVC ... guidance significantly increased the success rate of subclavian vein cannulation and reduced complication rates compared to the landmark technique.

We report a case of a patient with septic shock who underwent central venous catheter placement in the left internal jugular vein, and a bedside ultrasound ‘bubble study’ revealed venous cannulation.

In those situations, a central venous line is often the next option but this may be associated with serious complications, and is a lengthy and expensive procedure compared to peripheral venous ...

Methods Electronic abstract databases, trial registries, article reference lists and internet repositories were searched using the following search terms: ‘peripheral venous cannulation’, ‘peripheral ...

A 66-year-old woman, in septic shock due to pneumonia, was transferred to the intensive care unit with a central venous catheter in the right internal jugular vein. The catheterisation procedure had ...

The skin is marked to indicate the underlying target vein course, and then venous cannulation is attempted without real-time ultrasound imaging. The audio-Doppler guidance technique involves the ...

The number of patients starting dialysis with a central venous catheter (CVC ... 5 For this reason, the possibility of using an early cannulation graft for dialysis is intriguing in that reducing the ...

Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth Osmond, Neonatal Medicine, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol BS2 8EG, UK; elizabeth.osmond{at}googlemail.com Although a very common ...