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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2004
Optimal head rotation for internal jugular vein cannulation when relying on external landmarks.
- Jeremy A Lieberman, Kayode A Williams, and Andrew L Rosenberg.
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Room 1G323 UH, Box 0048, Ann Arbor, USA. jliberma@umich.edu
- Anesth. Analg. 2004 Oct 1;99(4):982-8, table of contents.
AbstractExternal anatomic landmarks have traditionally been used to approximate the location of the neck blood vessels to optimize central venous cannulation of the internal jugular vein (IJV) while avoiding the common carotid artery (CCA). Head rotation affects vessel orientation, but most landmark techniques do not specify its optimal degree. We simulated catheter insertion via both an anterior and central approach to the right IJV using an ultrasound probe held in the manner of a syringe and needle in 49 volunteers. Increased head rotation from 0 degrees, 15 degrees, 30 degrees, 45 degrees, and 60 degrees to the left of midline was associated with higher probability of a simulated needle contacting the IJV and the CCA. For both approaches, the risk of CCA contact was <10% for head rotations of
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