A better landmark for positioning a central venous catheter

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 331-334

  Caruso, Lawrence J ^a   Gravenstein, Nikolaus ^a   Layon, A Joseph ^a   Peters, Keith ^a   Gabrielli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Catheter position; Central venous catheter (CVC); Chest radiography (CXR); Landmarks; Pericardial reflection

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS (CVC);

CATHETERS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHUS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0037961053     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024286119090     Document Type: Article

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