Is a neutral head position safer than 45-degree neck rotation during ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation? Results of a randomized controlled clinical trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 777-784

  Lamperti, Massimo ^a   Subert, Matteo ^a   Cortellazzi, Paolo ^a   Vailati, Davide ^a   Borrelli, Paola ^b   Montomoli, Cristina ^b   D'Onofrio, Giovanni ^a   Caldiroli, Dario ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND GUIDED INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN CANNULATION; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION;

EID: 84859105804     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182459917     Document Type: Article

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