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Percutaneous Inserted Venous Catheter via Femoral Vein in Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants: A Single-Center Experience.

Elena Bergón-SendínMaría Soriano-RamosMaría Dolores Méndez-MarínMónica De Miguel-MoyaDiego Fontiveros-EscalonaMercedes Diezma-GodinoCarmen Rosa Pallás-AlonsoMaría Teresa Moral-Pumarega
Published in: American journal of perinatology (2019)
Femoral venous catheterization using small diameter catheters in ELBW infants may be promising when other routes have been exhausted. Our results support that it is a feasible technique that can be performed at the bedside with successful results when conducted by experienced personnel.
Keyphrases
  • low birth weight
  • ultrasound guided
  • preterm infants
  • human milk
  • preterm birth
  • minimally invasive
  • radiofrequency ablation
  • optic nerve
  • optical coherence tomography