The optimal insertion length of central venous catheter via the femoral route for open-heart surgery in infants and children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-124

  Shinohara, Yuka ^a   Arai, Toshimi ^a   Yamasita, Masao ^a  

^a Ibaraki Children's Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Equipment: catheters, venous; Veins: Inferior vena cava, cannulation

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CANNULATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 13944257377     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01380.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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