Tydén H
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 1982 Oct;26(5):485-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1982.tb01804.x.
Five hundred consecutive cases of internal jugular vein catheterization are presented. The success rate varied from 88% to infants under 1 year of age to 99% in adults. There were 16 arterial punctures (3.2%). In one patient surgical removal of a haematoma was necessary. No pneumothorax occurred. Compared to other techniques for central venous catheterization, the internal jugular vein approach gives a high incidence of correct catheter positions and few complications, and is thus recommended.
