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CVC Insertion Lengths in Pediatric Patients by Damir Pištoljević is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This study aimed to determine the appropriate length of central venous catheters (CVC) inserted via the right internal jugular vein in children. The researchers measured the length from the skin insertion site to the superior vena cava (SVC) at the carina and at the SVC-right atrium junction on CT scans of 165 pediatric patients. Regression analysis found that both lengths correlated significantly with age and body surface area. Formulas were developed estimating the CVC length based on these factors to hel

Author

Damir Pištoljević

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EN