Review Article
Indications, Measurements, and Complications of Ten Essential Neonatal Procedures
Table 1
Methods of estimation of optimal measurements of umbilical venous and arterial catheters’ insertion length.
| Method | UVC | UAC | Reference |
| Dunn’s method (1966) | Uses shoulder to umbilicus length and a nomogram to determine the insertion length | Uses shoulder to umbilicus length and a nomogram to determine the insertion length | [13] | Shukla and Ferrara method (1986) | | | [14] | Wright’s formula (2008) | No proposed formula for UVC | | [17] | Vali et al.’s formula (2010) | UVC insertion length equal to the measurement from the umbilicus to the midxiphoid-to-bed distance, measured lateral to the baby | | [18] | Verheij et al.’s formula (2013) | | No proposed formula for UAC | [15] | Gupta et al.’s formula (2015) | | | [16] |
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Abbreviations: UVC: umbilical venous catheter; UAC: umbilical arterial catheter; UN: umbilical-nipple length; ASIS: anterior superior iliac spine; USp: the distance from the umbilicus to symphysis pubis.
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