Real-Time Ultrasonographically-Guided Internal Jugular Vein Catheterization in the Emergency Department Increases Success Rates and Reduces Complications: A Randomized, Prospective Study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 540-547

  Leung, Julie ^a   Duffy, Martin ^a,b   Finckh, Andrew ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33749665006     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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