Central venous catheters - The inability of 'intra-atrial ECG' to prove adequate positioning

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-198

  Schummer, W ^a   Schummer, C ^a   Schelenz, C ^a   Brandes, H ^a   Stock, U ^a   Muller T ^a   Leder, U ^a   Huttemann E ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart, catheterization, central venous; Monitoring, electrocardiography; Veins, internal jugular

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; FENTANYL; HYALURONIDASE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PANCURONIUM; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CAROTID ARTERY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; P WAVE; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QRS COMPLEX; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SWINE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 4344659676     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh191     Document Type: Article

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