Is it more difficult to cannulate the right internal jugular vein in morbidly obese patients than in nonobese patients?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1157-1159

  Fujiki, Masako ^a   Guta, Cosmin G ^a   Lemmens, Hendrikus J M ^a   Brock Utne, John G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Morbid obese patients; Nonobese patients; Right internal jugular vein cannulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANNULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNUM;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTURE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENOUS CUTDOWN;

EID: 49649117662     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-008-9590-z     Document Type: Article

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