Intracavitary electrocardiography-guided positioning of central vascular access device can spare unnecessary ionizing radiation exposure in pediatric patients.

CONCLUSION: When electrocardiography-guided positioning is uneventful and a valid P-Wave pattern is seen, postprocedure radiograph imaging for verification is unnecessary. Any effort should be made to upgrade hospital policies according to evidences and newest guidelines to spare pediatric patients harmful exposure to radiation by limiting the use of radiography only to selected cases. PMID: 32452241 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32452241?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Journal of Vascular Access - May 27, 2020 Category: Surgery Tags: J Vasc Access Source Type: research