Ufuk ATEŞ, Turan DERME, Yavuz YILMAZ, Hülya Özkan ULU, Fuat Emre CANPOLAT

Ultrasound guided percutaneous central venous catheters in neonatal intensive care unit

Central venous catheters can be life-saving, especially in very low birthweight and sick newborns for whom peripheral access is difficult. However,the placement of a central venous catheter is technically difficult, especiallyin premature and newborn infants.To demonstrate the efficacy of placement of central venous catheters underguidance of ultrasonography (US) in neonatal intensive care units. The patientswho were hospitalized in newborn intensive care unit and central venouscatheters were placed into the internal jugular vein under the guidance ofUS were analyzed retrospectively.Successful cannulation rate was 90.9% in patients. The rate of success at firstattempt was 68.1% in patients. The rate of three and more attempts was9.1% in patients. The rate of complication was 9.1% in patients. The averageintervention time was 8 minutes in patients. Central venous cannulation underthe guidance of two-dimensional US is an effective method which can beeasily and safely applied to low birth weight premature and newborn infantsin newborn intensive care units.

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