Ultrasound Monitoring of Umbilical Catheters in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit-A Prospective Observational Study.

Umbilical catheterization provides a quick yet demanding central line that can lead to complications seen nowhere else. The aim of our study was to determine whether the repeated ultrasound scanning can influence the catheterization time, prevent some of the catheter-related complications, support the decision-making process and allow prolonged catheterization in patients without an alternative central access route. A prospective observational study was performed in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit.