Open AccessInternal jugular vein cannulation: A comparison of three techniques
Author(s) -
Bikash Ranjan Ray,
Vinay Mohan,
Lokesh Kashyap,
Dilip Shende,
Vanlal Darlong,
Ravinder Kumar Pandey
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.117115
Subject(s) - medicine , internal jugular vein , ultrasound , exact test , analysis of variance , statistical significance , mann–whitney u test , observational study , surgery , repeated measures design , randomized controlled trial , statistical analysis , radiology , statistics , mathematics
Ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein (IJV) cannulation is known for increasing success rate and decreasing rate of complications. The ultrasound image can be used as a real time image during cannulation or to prelocate the IJV before attempting cannulation.