Is peripheral line placement more difficult in obese than in lean patients?
prospective_cohort · Level II
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1213/01.ANE.0000050570.85195.29.
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Abstract
This work shows that the insertion of a peripheral venous line is more difficult in obese than in lean patients. The usual recommendation, that a central venous line should be inserted routinely in obese patients to perform anesthesia, is not valid.
Medical subject headings
- Catheterization, Peripheral
- Obesity