Open AccessDepth of insertion of right internal jugular central venous catheter: Comparison of topographic and formula methods
Author(s) -
M Vinay,
CA Tejesh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.174904
Subject(s) - medicine , central venous catheter , critically ill , catheter , gold standard (test) , central venous pressure , surgery , radiology , blood pressure , heart rate
Central venous catheters (CVCs) are inserted in many critically ill patients, but there is no gold standard in estimating their approximate depth of insertion. Many techniques have been described in literature. In this study, we compare the topographic method with the standard formula technique.