The carina is not a landmark for central venous catheter placement in neonates

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 968-971

  Inagawa, Gaku ^a,b   Ka, Koui ^b   Tanaka, Yukichi ^b   Kato, Keisuke ^b,c   Tanaka, Mio ^b   Miwa, Takaaki ^b   Morimura, Naoto ^d   Koyama, Yukihide ^a   Hiroki, Koichi ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Children's Medical Center   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carina; Central venous catheter; Neonate; Pericardial reflection; Pericardium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CADAVER; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERICARDIUM; TRACHEA; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 34548336990     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2007.02258.x     Document Type: Article

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