Ultrasound guidance versus anatomical landmarks for internal jugular 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; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMBOLISM; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEMATOMA; HEMATOMEDIASTINUM; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYDROMEDIASTINUM; HYDROTHORAX; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAFETY PROCEDURE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SURGERY; VEIN PUNCTURE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; JUGULAR VEIN; PROCEDURES; PUNCTURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; PUNCTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 85020036008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006962.pub2     Document Type: Review

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