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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Main Author: Adriana Lena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici 2014-04-01
Series:Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal
Online Access:http://www.embj.org/images/ISSUE_2014/lena_12.pdf