Bedside hand vein inspection for noninvasive central venous pressure assessment

Rapid estimates of the central venous pressure (CVP) can be helpful to administer early fluid therapy or to manage cardiac preload in intensive care units, operating rooms or emergency rooms in order to start and monitor an adequate medical therapy. Invasive CVP measurements have inherent and non-negligible complication rates as well as great expenditures. Several noninvasive methods of CVP measurements, like ultrasound-guided techniques, are available, but require trained skills and special equipment which might not be at hand in all situations.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - April 25, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Franziska Vogel, Daniel Staub, Markus Aschwanden, Martin Siegemund, Stephan Imfeld, Gianmarco Balestra, Hak Hong Keo, Heiko Uthoff Source Type: research