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Percutaneous central venous catheters (PCVC) have become commonplace in neonatal intensive care units, There is now available a 27-gauge silicone catheter (Premicath, Vygon, Germany) that is inserted through a 24-gauge butterfly needle. We describe a simple technique that allows a PCVC to be inserted without the need for a butterfly needle or guide wire in any baby who has an indwelling peripheral intravenous cannula.
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Data from this paper were presented to the Perinatal Society of Australia & New Zealand 6th Annual Congress in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 2002.
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Gandini, D., Koh, T. A Novel, Simple Way to Insert Percutaneous Central Venous Catheters in Newborn Babies. J Perinatol 23, 162–163 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210875
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