ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS OF THE INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN: THE ROLE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY
Purpose: In many places, especially in emergency department, central venous catheter is still inserted using anatomical landmark guidance with a success rate up to 97.6% and complications up to 15%. This study was aimed to determine by the support of ultrasonography (US) the anatomical variations...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici
2014-04-01
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Series: | Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.embj.org/images/ISSUE_2014/lena_12.pdf |