Mechanical complications and malpositions of central venous cannulations by experienced operators: A prospective study of 1794 catheterizations in critically ill patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1055-1059

  Schummer, Wolfram ^a,b   Schummer, Claudia ^a   Rose, Norman ^a   Niesen, Wolf Dirk ^c   Sakka, Samir G ^a,d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c Clinical Neurology and Neurophysiology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central venous access; Central venous catheter; Malposition; Mechanical complication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY PUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CANNULATION; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249712832     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0560-z     Document Type: Article

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