Femoral vein size in newborns and infants: Preliminary investigation

Critical Care

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-123

  Akingbola, Olugbenga A ^a   Nielsen, James ^a   Hopkins, Robert L ^a   Frieberg, Edwin M ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral vein; Infants; Newborns; Reverse Trendelenburg; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN DIAMETER;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0034000763     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc666     Document Type: Article

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