A NEW APPROACH TO CATHETERIZATION OF THE UMBILICAL VEIN FOR EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION

1 March 1960

journal article
Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics

Vol. 25 (3) , 485-489
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.25.3.485

Abstract

As a result of this study the use of the technique described here for the catheterization of the umbilical vein is recommended in all patients in whom difficulty in direct caterization is encountered in the performance of exchange transfusion.

Keywords

EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION
WHOLE BLOOD
UMBILICAL VEIN CATHETERIZATION