Comparison between pressures measured from the proximal external jugular vein and a central vein.
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1986Author
Shah, MV
Swai, EA
Latto, IP
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Mean venous pressures were measured in 20 patients in whom a catheter, inserted via the external jugular vein, failed to pass centrally. The catheter used had a rounded end and two side holes. Pressures were measured with the patient's head in three different positions. The pressures were compared with the central venous pressures measured from a catheter inserted through an antecubital vein (and confirmed to be placed centrally). In all patients the differences between the mean pressures from the two sites were all within 3 mm Hg and were not influenced by alteration in head position or the side of jugular catheterization.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/3790390http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/31026
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Br J Anaesth. 1986 Dec;58(12):1384-6.Publisher
Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi
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