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A New Technique for Placement of Central Venous Catheters in Small Infants
Author(s) -
Stephenson Terence,
Khan Javed
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607193017005479
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , medicine , central venous catheter , enteral administration , catheter , intensive care , intensive care medicine , surgery
The delivery of total parenteral nutrition to premature infants has been a major advance in neonatal intensive care. Ideally, total parenteral nutrition fluids should be given through a central venous catheter, but insertion of such a catheter may be a very difficult procedure in small neonates. We describe a new technique that improves the success rate of central venous catheterization in premature infants. ( Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 17 :479–480, 1993)