Neo-ECHOTIP: A structured protocol for ultrasound-based tip navigation and tip location during placement of central venous access devices in neonates

Tip location by post-procedural X-ray, is this accurate and what are the recent guidelines?

In this paper, the authors reviewed all the available evidence about ultrasound-based tip navigation and tip location of central catheters in neonates and propose a Neo-ECHOTIP protocol.

Giovanni Barone¹ , Mauro Pittiruti² , Daniele G Biasucci³, Daniele Elisei⁴, Emanuele Iacobone⁴ , Antonio La Greca², Geremia Zito Marinosci⁵ and Vito D’Andrea⁶

1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Ospedale Infermi di Rimini, AUSL della Romagna, Rimini, Italy
2. Department of Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
3. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
4. Department of Intensive Care and Anesthesia, Central Hospital, Macerata, Italy
5. UOC di Rianimazione e Neuroanestesia, Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Santobono-Pausilipon, Neaples, Italy
6. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Corresponding author: Giovanni Barone, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Ospedale Infermi di Rimini, AUSL della Romagna, TIN Ospedale Infermi, Via Settembrini 2, 47923 Rimini, Italy.
Email: gbarone85@yahoo.it

The Journal of Vascular Access 2021