In:
Critical Care Medicine, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 45, No. 10 ( 2017-10), p. e994-e1000
Abstract:
To evaluate whether a single-operator ultrasound-guided, right-sided, central venous catheter insertion verifies proper placement and shortens time to catheter utilization. Design: Prospective observational study with historical controls. Setting: Adult ICUs. Patients: Sixty-four consecutive patients undergoing ultrasound-assisted right-sided central venous catheterization compared with 92 serial historic controls who had unassisted central catheter insertion at the same sites. Interventions: Subcostal transthoracic echocardiography during catheter insertion. Measurements and Main Results: The primary outcome was the correct placement of the catheter tip determined by postprocedural chest radiography. The subclavian site was used in 41 patients (64%) (inserted without ultrasound guidance) in the ultrasound-assisted group and 62 (67%) in the control group, whereas the jugular vein was used in the remaining patients. The tip was accurately positioned in 59 of 68 patients (86.7%) in the ultrasound-assisted group compared with 51 of 94 (54.8%) in the control group ( p 〈 0.001). The median time from end of the procedure to catheter utilization after chest radiography approval was 2.4 hours. Conclusions: A single-operator ultrasound-guided central venous catheter insertion is effective in verifying proper tip placement and shortens time to catheter utilization.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0090-3493
DOI:
10.1097/CCM.0000000000002500
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2034247-0
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