[Pediatric central venous catheterization through the axillary veins using ultrasound guidance].

Background: Axillary veins (AXVs) are selected for the central venous catheterization (CVC) in adults using ultrasound echo but quite rarely in children. We evaluated the relationships between the widths and the depths of the pediatric AXVs.

Methods: The widths and the depths of the AXVs were measured using an ultrasound echo apparatus in fifty patients.

[A case report of a ventricular septal defect with congenital portosystemic venous shunt].

A three-month-old baby boy was scheduled for a ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair. The patient was complicated with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and congenital portosystemic venous shunt (CPSVS). Because it was unclear whether the CPSVS was the main cause of the PH or not, the PH was treated with ordinary methods for the management of anesthesia for VSD patients with PH.