Retrospective analysis of the feasibility and safety of external jugular vein cannulation in surgical patients
Background Establishing intravenous (IV) access is an essential procedure in surgical patients. External jugular vein (EJV) cannulation can be a good alternative for patients for whom it is difficult to establish peripheral IV access. We aimed to investigate the feasibility and safety of EJV cannula...
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| description | Background Establishing intravenous (IV) access is an essential procedure in surgical patients. External jugular vein (EJV) cannulation can be a good alternative for patients for whom it is difficult to establish peripheral IV access. We aimed to investigate the feasibility and safety of EJV cannulation in surgical patients. Methods We performed a retrospective review of EJV cannulation in patients who underwent anesthesia for surgery at a tertiary hospital between 2010 and 2021. We collected clinical characteristics, including EJV cannulation-related variables, from the anesthetic records. We also investigated the EJV cannulation-related complications, which included any EJV cannulation-related complications (insertion site swelling, infection, thrombophlebitis, pneumothorax, and arterial cannulation) within 7 days after surgery, from the electronic medical records during the hospitalization period for surgery. Results We analyzed 9,482 cases of 9,062 patients for whom EJV cannulation was performed during anesthesia. The most commonly performed surgery was general surgery (49.6%), followed by urologic surgery (17.5%) and obstetric and gynecologic surgery (15.7%). Unplanned EJV cannulation was performed emergently during surgery for 878 (9.3%) cases. The only EJV cannulation-related complication was swelling at the EJV-cannula insertion site (65 cases, 0.7%). There was only one case of unplanned intensive care unit admission due to swelling related to EJV cannulation. Conclusions Our study showed the feasibility and safety of EJV cannulation for surgical patients with difficult IV access or those who need additional large-bore IV access during surgery. EJV cannulation can provide safe and reliable IV access with a low risk of major complications in a surgical patient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-063f66c5bc2640589dea3918a955a6232023-05-17T06:04:02ZengKorean Society of AnesthesiologistsAnesthesia and Pain Medicine1975-51712383-79772023-01-01181849110.17085/apm.221711168Retrospective analysis of the feasibility and safety of external jugular vein cannulation in surgical patientsJae-Woo Ju0Yoonbin Hwang1Ho-Jin Lee2 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, KoreaBackground Establishing intravenous (IV) access is an essential procedure in surgical patients. External jugular vein (EJV) cannulation can be a good alternative for patients for whom it is difficult to establish peripheral IV access. We aimed to investigate the feasibility and safety of EJV cannulation in surgical patients. Methods We performed a retrospective review of EJV cannulation in patients who underwent anesthesia for surgery at a tertiary hospital between 2010 and 2021. We collected clinical characteristics, including EJV cannulation-related variables, from the anesthetic records. We also investigated the EJV cannulation-related complications, which included any EJV cannulation-related complications (insertion site swelling, infection, thrombophlebitis, pneumothorax, and arterial cannulation) within 7 days after surgery, from the electronic medical records during the hospitalization period for surgery. Results We analyzed 9,482 cases of 9,062 patients for whom EJV cannulation was performed during anesthesia. The most commonly performed surgery was general surgery (49.6%), followed by urologic surgery (17.5%) and obstetric and gynecologic surgery (15.7%). Unplanned EJV cannulation was performed emergently during surgery for 878 (9.3%) cases. The only EJV cannulation-related complication was swelling at the EJV-cannula insertion site (65 cases, 0.7%). There was only one case of unplanned intensive care unit admission due to swelling related to EJV cannulation. Conclusions Our study showed the feasibility and safety of EJV cannulation for surgical patients with difficult IV access or those who need additional large-bore IV access during surgery. EJV cannulation can provide safe and reliable IV access with a low risk of major complications in a surgical patient.http://www.anesth-pain-med.org/upload/pdf/apm-22171.pdfanesthesia, generalcatheterizationinfusions, intravenousinjectionsintraoperative complicationsjugular veins |
| spellingShingle | Jae-Woo Ju Yoonbin Hwang Ho-Jin Lee Retrospective analysis of the feasibility and safety of external jugular vein cannulation in surgical patients Anesthesia and Pain Medicine anesthesia, general catheterization infusions, intravenous injections intraoperative complications jugular veins |
| title | Retrospective analysis of the feasibility and safety of external jugular vein cannulation in surgical patients |
| title_full | Retrospective analysis of the feasibility and safety of external jugular vein cannulation in surgical patients |
| title_fullStr | Retrospective analysis of the feasibility and safety of external jugular vein cannulation in surgical patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Retrospective analysis of the feasibility and safety of external jugular vein cannulation in surgical patients |
| title_short | Retrospective analysis of the feasibility and safety of external jugular vein cannulation in surgical patients |
| title_sort | retrospective analysis of the feasibility and safety of external jugular vein cannulation in surgical patients |
| topic | anesthesia, general catheterization infusions, intravenous injections intraoperative complications jugular veins |
| url | http://www.anesth-pain-med.org/upload/pdf/apm-22171.pdf |
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