Intraosseous needles in pediatric cadavers: rate of malposition

Intraosseous vascular access is a commonly conducted procedure especially in pediatric resuscitation. Very high success rates for intraosseous (IO) devices are reported. Aim of the study was to describe the rates of malposition of intraosseous needles (ION) in pediatric cadavers via post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT).

Source: Resuscitation - September 30, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Daniel Maxien, Stefan Wirth, Oliver Peschel, Alexander Sterzik, Sonja Kirchhoff, Uwe Kreimeier, Maximilian F. Reiser, Fabian G. M ück Tags: Clinical paper Source Type: research