Transthoracic Echocardiography for Central Venous Catheter Tip Positioning in Children: An Observational Study Using Transesophageal Echocardiography as Reference Method.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children who need to have major surgery or are critically ill often require the insertion of a central venous catheter (CVC). To avoid serious complications, it is important to correctly position the CVC tip at the junction of the distal superior vena cava and the right atrium (cavoatrial junction). Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) can be used to confirm the correct position of the CVC tip. However, the accuracy of TTE for CVC tip positioning has mainly been investigated using chest X-ray as the reference method-although chest X-ray itself does not allow directly locating the CVC tip at the cavoatrial junction.

Aims

We aimed to determine if TTE can help exactly position the CVC tip at the cavoatrial junction during CVC insertion in children. We specifically te

SUBMITTER: Thomsen KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883508 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature