Patient positioning and ultrasound guidance are important in bilateral cannulation of internal jugular veins [7]

Anesthesiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1624-1625

  Schummer, Wolfram ^a   Schummer, Claudia ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HERNIA; CANNULATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETTER; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SURGICAL RISK; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; TRACHEOSTOMY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 2542504323     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200406000-00053     Document Type: Letter

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