Con: we should not enforce the use of ultrasound as a standard of care for obtaining central venous access

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Review

Eugene A Hessel 2nd. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2009 Oct.

. 2009 Oct;23(5):725-8.

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.06.020.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536-0293, USA. ehessel@uky.edu

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Comment in

Pro and con ultrasound: are we missing the larger picture?
Ezaru C, Murray A, Oravitz T, Ibinson J, Mangione M. Ezaru C, et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2011 Feb;25(1):203. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.12.008. Epub 2010 Feb 4. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2011. PMID: 20133157 No abstract available.
Subcutaneous emphysema causing inefficient ultrasound guidance during central vein cannulation.
Inangil G, Cansiz KH, Yedekci AE, Sen H. Inangil G, et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012 Aug;26(4):e46. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.03.009. Epub 2012 Apr 19. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012. PMID: 22520115 No abstract available.

Pro: ultrasound should be the standard of care for central catheter insertion.
Augoustides JG, Cheung AT. Augoustides JG, et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2009 Oct;23(5):720-4. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.06.012. Epub 2009 Aug 15. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2009. PMID: 19686963 Review. No abstract available.