Central venous catheters and insertion depths: are formulas still up to date?

Intensive Care Med. 2015 Nov;41(11):2002-3. doi: 10.1007/s00134-015-3959-y. Epub 2015 Jul 9.

Authors

Manuel F Struck¹, Thomas Schmidt², Bernd E Winkler³, Konrad Reinhart⁴, Wolfram Schummer⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. manuelstruck@web.de.
² Department of Medical Psychology, Bergmannstrost Hospital Halle, Halle, Germany.
³ Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.

PMID: 26156109
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-3959-y

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Catheterization, Central Venous / methods
Catheterization, Central Venous / standards*
Catheters, Indwelling / standards*
Central Venous Catheters / standards*
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Prospective Studies