Use of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Confirmation of Central Venous Catheter Placement: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Ralph Bou CheblShafeek KiblawiChristopher El KhuriNadine El HajjRana BachirRoni AounGilbert Abou Dagher

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2017)

In the setting of central venous catheter placement, postprocedural contrast-enhanced US imaging is a safe, efficient, and highly specific confirmatory test for the catheter tip location compared with chest radiography.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
ultrasound guided
contrast enhanced ultrasound
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
diffusion weighted imaging
high resolution
mass spectrometry
cone beam computed tomography