ArticleAnnals of the American Thoracic Society2014
Ultrasound-guided subclavian vein cannulation using a micro-convex ultrasound probe.
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- Ultrasound-Guided In-Plane Subclavian Vein Puncture versus Prior Ultrasound and Landmark Technique: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Anesthesia and analgesia · 2026Trial
- Seeing Artery and VEin Simultaneously in the long axis (SAVES) for ultrasound-guided infraclavicular axillary/subclavian vein cannulation: A retrospective analysis.Journal of intensive medicine · 2025Article
- Ultrasound-guided infraclavicular cannulation of the subclavian vein - still an ongoing misconception.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2023Article
- Supraclavicular or infraclavicular subclavian vein: Which way to go- A prospective randomized controlled trial comparing catheterization dynamics using ultrasound guidance.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2020Article
- Ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement: a structured review and recommendations for clinical practice.Critical care (London, England) · 2017Review
- [Visualization of the superior vena cava in the supraclavicular acoustic window].Der Anaesthesist · 2016Article
- Ultrasound-guided central venous access: what's new?Intensive care medicine · 2015Review
- The supraclavicular fossa ultrasound view for central venous catheter placement and catheter change over guidewire.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2014Article
- Comparative evaluation of ultrasound guided supraclavicular and infraclavicular subclavian venous catheterizations in adult patients.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe subclavian vein is the preferred site for central venous catheter placement due to infection risk and patient comfort. Ultrasound guidance is useful in cannulation of other veins, but for the subclavian vein, current ultrasound-guided techniques using high-frequency linear array probes are generally limited to axillary vein cannulation.
methodsWe report a series of patients who underwent clinically indicated subclavian venous catheter placement using a micro-convex pediatric probe for real-time guidance in the vein's longitudinal axis. We identified rates of successful placement and complications by chart review.
resultsTwenty-four catheters were placed using the micro-convex pediatric probe with confirmation of placement of the needle medial to the lateral border of the first rib. Sixteen of the catheters were placed by trainee physicians. In 23 patients, the catheter was placed without complication (hematoma, pneumothorax, infection). In one patient, the vein could not be safely cannulated without risk of arterial puncture, so an alternative site was selected.
conclusionsInfraclavicular subclavian vein cannulation using real-time ultrasound with a micro-convex pediatric probe appears to be a safe and effective method of placing subclavian vascular catheters. This technique merits further study to confirm safety and efficacy.
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