Guidelines for performing ultrasound guided vascular cannulation: Recommendations of the American society of echocardiography and the society of cardiovascular anesthesiologists

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1291-1318

  Troianos, Christopher A ^a   Hartman, Gregg S ^b   Glas, Kathryn E ^c   Skubas, Nikolaos J ^d   Eberhardt, Robert T ^e   Walker, Jennifer D ^f   Reeves, Scott T ^g  

^a ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Artery; Cannulation; Femoral; Guidelines; Internal jugular; Pediatric; Peripheral; Subclavian; Ultrasound; Vascular; Venous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ANESTHESIST; ARTERY INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL; CANNULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIALYSIS CATHETER; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NECK; NEEDLE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUNCTURE; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 81855184465     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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