Ultrasonographic investigation of the effect of inguinal compression on the cross-sectional area of the femoral vein

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-103

  Kim, Jin Tae ^a   Lee, Nan Ju ^a   Na, Hyo Seok ^a   Jeon, Yunseok ^a   Kim, Hee Soo ^a   Kim, Chong Sung ^a   Kim, Seong Deok ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Femoral vein; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CANNULATION; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOVOLEMIA; INGUINAL REGION; LEG COMPRESSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REVERSE TRENDELENBURG POSITION; SUPINE POSITION; TRENDELENBURG POSITION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; ANATOMY; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; FEMORAL VEIN; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 44449171565     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2007.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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