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Case Reports
Perioperative Surface Ultrasound for Placement and Confirmation of Central Venous Access: A Case Report.
- Jeffrey Bortman, Ziyad Knio, Rabia Amir, Khadija Hamid, Feroze Mahmood, and Robina Matyal.
- From the *Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, and the †Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
- A A Case Rep. 2017 Apr 15; 8 (8): 197-199.
AbstractWe present a case highlighting that the real-time visualization of the guidewire in the internal jugular vein with ultrasound, and confirmation of correct position of the guidewire tip at the superior vena cava to right atrial junction with surface ultrasound, is possibly the safest method of central venous catheter insertion.
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