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Research Article
Comparison between Ultrasound-Guided and Anatomic Landmark Puncture of the Right Internal Jugular Vein
Author(s): Marcello Fonseca Salgado Filho, Phillip Lawall, Kleber Marcharet de Souza, Izabela Palitot, Izabela Magalhaes and Henrique VasconcelosMarcello Fonseca Salgado Filho, Phillip Lawall, Kleber Marcharet de Souza, Izabela Palitot, Izabela Magalhaes and Henrique Vasconcelos
Introduction: Central venous puncture guided by Ultrasound (US) is considered the technique of choice by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA), and performing central venous puncture without employing US is considered poor medical practice.
Methods: After approval by the Research Ethics Committee of the National Institute of Cardiology a randomized clinical trial was conducted electronically with 40 patients (of both genders) who were between 45 and 65 years old and were scheduled to undergo Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG). The patients were electronically randomized (GraphPad 5.0 OS for Macintosh) divided into two groups of 20: the Ultrasound Group (USG) and the Blind Group (BG). The BG subjects were punctured according to anatomical definitions, and the USG subjects were punctured with US guidance.
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DOI:
10.4172/2329-9517.1000128
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