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A new modified Seldinger technique for 2- and 3-French peripherally inserted central venous catheters

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This study describes a modified Seldinger technique for 2- and 3-French peripherally inserted central venous catheters: A device similar to that used in heart catherisation with a standard micro-introducer serving as sheath and an arterial catheter serving as inner dilator was pushed forward over a wire guide that had before been inserted via a peripheral venous catheter. With this method 2-and 3-French catheters could be safely inserted into peripheral veins of 14 paediatric patients. In conclusion successful insertion of a small peripheral venous catheter offers in most cases a possibility for the placement of a central venous line.

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Abbreviations

PICC:

Peripherally inserted central venous catheter

MI:

Micro-introducer

AC:

Arterial catheter

PVC:

Peripheral venous catheter

F:

French (1 F = 0.33 mm, 2 F = 0.67 mm, 3 F = 1 mm)

G:

Gauge (29 G = 0.33 mm, 22 G = 0.7 mm, 19 G = 1.1 mm)

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  1. Paediatric Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Centre of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625, Hannover, Germany

    Martin Wald, Christoph M. Happel, Michael Sasse & Armin Wessel

  2. Division of General Paediatrics and Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Lieselotte Kirchner & Valerie Jeitler

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  1. Martin Wald
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Wald, M., Happel, C.M., Kirchner, L. et al. A new modified Seldinger technique for 2- and 3-French peripherally inserted central venous catheters. Eur J Pediatr 167, 1327–1329 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0656-z

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