Kristen K Thomsen, Michael Fritz, Christian Zöllner, Till Kessler, Bernd Saugel, Leonie Schulte-Uentrop
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Transthoracic Echocardiography for Central Venous Catheter Tip Positioning in Children: An Observational Study Using Transesophageal Echocardiography as Reference Method.
Background: Children who need to have major surgery or are critically ill often require the insertion of a central venous catheter (CVC). To avoid serious complications, it is important to correctly position the CVC tip at the junction of the distal superior vena cava and the right atrium (cavoatrial junction). Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) can be used to confirm the correct position of the CVC tip. However, the accuracy of TTE for CVC tip positioning has mainly been investigated using chest X-ray as the reference method-although chest X-ray itself does not allow directly locating the CVC tip at the cavoatrial junction.
Aims: We aimed to determine if TTE can help exactly position the CVC tip at the cavoatrial junction during CVC insertion in children. We specifically tested the hypothesis that TTE-guided CVC tip positioning results in a correct CVC tip position at the cavoatrial junction (confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) as the reference method) in ≥ 90% of the children.
Methods: This was a prospective observational study in children aged 0-14 years scheduled for elective surgery for congenital heart disease. Our primary endpoint was the proportion of children in whom TTE guidance resulted in a correct CVC tip position at the cavoatrial junction, confirmed by TEE.
Results: 150 children were analyzed. TTE-guided CVC tip positioning resulted in a correct CVC tip position at the cavoatrial junction in 136 children (91%, 95% confidence interval: 85%-94%). The proportion of children in whom TTE guidance resulted in a correct CVC tip position at the cavoatrial junction was highest in children aged 0-3 months (96%) and lowest in children aged 13-14 years (70%).
Conclusion: TTE-guided CVC tip positioning resulted in a correct CVC tip position at the cavoatrial junction, confirmed by TEE, in 91% of children. Clinicians should consider using TTE to position the CVC tip at the cavoatrial junction during CVC insertion in children-particularly younger children.
Trial registration: German Clinical Trial Register: DRKS00028271.
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