Ultrasound-guided central venous access for patients in the Intensive Care Unit in prone position: report of three cases.
Braz J Anesthesiol
; 2021 Nov 27.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-20238718
ABSTRACT
The prone position is extensively used to improve oxygenation in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. Occasionally, these patients exhibit cardiac and respiratory functions so severely compromised they cannot tolerate lying in the supine position, not even for the time required to insert a central venous catheter. The authors describe three cases of successful ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation in prone position. The alternative approach here described enables greater safety and well-being for the patient, reduces the number of episodes of decompensation, and risk of tracheal extubation and loss of in-situ vascular lines.
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2021
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