Misaligned mechanical ultrasound transducer contributes to carotid puncture

Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 193-196

  Weller, Robert S ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal jugular cannulation; Mechanical ultrasound transducer; Needle guide

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 36549032615     PISSN: 02770326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sane.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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