Jugular central venous access in neonates and infants below one year of age: Experience in 114 cases

Abstract

Central venous catheter (CVC) access is needed for chronic use in newborns and infants. Open venous catheterization is a well established technique for treating children. 1 In neonates; it is especially useful for long-term venous access, parenteral feeding, monitoring, and administration of centrally acting drugs. 1,2 Different types of catheters were used including totally implantable and non totally implantable depending upon its use and indications. From the literature, Broviac catheters appear to be the most widely used surgically inserted catheters, with acceptable complication rates even in low birth weight infants. 1,3 Improvement of the manufacturing material leads to minimizing the complication rate. [4][5][6] Originally CVC was performed for three main reasons; total parental nutrition and administration of drugs, venous pressure