ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Ultrasonographic evaluation of the femoral vein in anaesthetised infants and young children

Anaesthesia - Tập 65 Số 9 - Trang 895-898 - 2010
Eun Ha Suk1, Ki‐Young Lee2, Tae Dong Kweon3, Yong Ho Jang4, Sun Joon Bai5
1Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Centre
2Professor
3Assistant Professor
4Resident
5Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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SummaryWe investigated the cross‐sectional area of the femoral vein and its relationship to the femoral artery at two anatomical levels, in infants and children. Sixty‐six subjects were allocated to one of two groups: infants (< 1 year, n = 31) or children (1–6 years, n = 35). After induction of general anaesthesia, the femoral vein was evaluated by ultrasound with the patients’ legs at 30° and 60° of abduction and their hips externally rotated. In each position, measurements were taken at the level of the inguinal crease and 1 cm below the crease. Hip rotation with 60° leg abduction decreased femoral artery overlap at the level of the inguinal crease in both infants (p = 0.013) and children (p = 0.003). Thus, the optimal place for femoral vein cannulation in paediatric patients seems to be at the level of the inguinal crease with 60° leg abduction and external hip rotation.

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Anaesthesia

Tập 65 Số 9

895-898

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