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Prospective Comparison of Noninvasive, Bedside Ultrasound Methods for Assessing Central Venous Pressure

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2012

Year

Heiko Uthoff, Martin Siegemund, Markus Aschwanden, Lukas Hunziker, Thomas Fabbro, Ulrich Baumann, Kurt A. Jaeger, Stephan Imfeld, Daniel Staub
Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound

Abstract

The overall ability of CUS, IVC-C and IJV-C to assess invCVP was only moderate. CUS seems to be the preferable method if absolute CVP values are needed. IJV-C seems to be the fastest and most easily acquirable method, and thus may be especially valuable in emergency rooms.