Ultrasound guidance versus anatomical landmarks for subclavian or femoral vein catheterization

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Brass, Patrick ^a,b   Hellmich, Martin ^c   Kolodziej, Laurentius ^d   Schick, Guido ^e   Smith, Andrew F ^f  

^a HELIOS KLINIKUM KREFELD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^f ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTERY PUNCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMORAL VEIN; FEMORAL VEIN CATHETERIZATION; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOTOMEDIASTINUM; HUMAN; HYDROMEDIASTINUM; HYDROTHORAX; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MORTALITY; NERVE INJURY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETERIZATION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN PUNCTURE; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PUNCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; PUNCTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84927517311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011447     Document Type: Review

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