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Needle and guidewire visualization in ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20825840     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: Reimbursement for ultrasound-guided central lines requires documenting the needle entering the vessel lumen. We hypothesized that physicians often successfully perform ultrasound-guided internal jugular (IJ) cannulation without visualizing the needle in the lumen and that guidewire visualization occurs more frequently.
METHODS: This prospective, observational study enrolled emergency physicians performing ultrasound-guided IJ cannulations over an 8-month period. Physicians reported sonographic visualization of the needle or guidewire and recorded DVD images for subsequent review. Outcome measures were the proportion of successful procedures in which the operator reported seeing the needle or guidewire in the vessel lumen and the proportion of successful, recorded procedures, in which a reviewer noted the same findings. Procedures were deemed successful when functioning central venous catheters were placed. Fisher exact test was used for comparisons.
RESULTS: Of 41 attempted catheterizations, 35 (85.4%) were successful. Eighteen of these were recorded on DVD for review. The operator reported visualizing the needle within the vessel lumen in 23 (65.7%) of 35 successful cannulations (95% confidence interval [CI], 47.7%-80.3%). In 27 cases, the operator attempted to view the guidewire and reported doing so in 24 cases (88.9%; 95% CI, 69.7%-97.1%). On expert review, the needle was seen penetrating the vessel lumen in 1 (5.6%) of 18 cases (95% CI, 0.3%-29.4%). Among recorded procedures in which the operator also attempted wire visualization, the reviewer could identify the wire within the vessel lumen in 12 (75.0%) of 16 cases (95% CI, 47.4%-91.7%).
CONCLUSIONS: During successful ultrasound-guided IJ cannulation, physicians can visualize the guidewire more readily than the needle.
Authors:
James H Moak; Michael S Lyons; Stewart W Wright; Christopher J Lindsell
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-04-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of emergency medicine     Volume:  29     ISSN:  1532-8171     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Emerg Med     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-06     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8309942     Medline TA:  Am J Emerg Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  432-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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