Intra-atrial ECG is not a reliable method for positioning left internal jugular vien catheters

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 481-486

  Schummer, W ^a   Herrmann, S ^a   Schummer, C ^a   Funke, F ^a   Steenbeck, J ^a   Fuchs, J ^a   Uhlig, T ^a   Reinhart, K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart, catheterization; Measurement techniques, echocardiography, transoesophageal; Monitoring, electrocardiography; Veins, jugular

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; JUGULAR VEIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0142031475     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg208     Document Type: Article

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