1. Safety and efficacy of ultrasound assistance during internal jugular vein cannulation in neurosurgical infants
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Davide Vailati, Federica Tosi, Marco Piastra, Massimo Lamperti, Dario Caldiroli, Domenico Pietrini, Alessandro Pedicelli, and Paolo Cortellazzi
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Catheterization, Central Venous ,Supine position ,Punctures ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Neurosurgical Procedures ,Intensive care ,medicine ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Vein ,Prospective cohort study ,Internal jugular vein ,Ultrasonography, Interventional ,Central line ,business.industry ,Ultrasound ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Logistic Models ,Female ,Jugular Veins ,Safety ,business ,Complication - Abstract
Ultrasound guidance (USG) for internal jugular cannulation is the best solution in difficult settings where paediatric patients are involved. This is an outcome study on efficacy and complications of the USG for the internal jugular vein (IJV) cannulation in neurosurgical infants as well as an ultrasound study of anatomical findings of the IJVs in infants. A prospective study conducted in two Academic Neurosurgical hospitals. In 191 babies (body weight
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- 2007