[Efficiency of electrocardiogram monitor for positioning the catheter tip in the central catheter placement via lower extremity veins in neonates: a randomized controlled study].

Objectives: To study the efficiency of electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor for positioning the catheter tip in the placement of peripherally inserted central venous catheterization (PICC) via lower extremity veins in neonates.

Methods: A total of 120 neonates who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit from January 2020 to January 2022 and received PICC via lower extremity veins were enrolled and divided into a control group and an observation group using a random number table (=60 each). The neonates in the control group were given body surface measurement and postoperative chest X-ray localization, and those in the observation group were given body surface measurement, ECG-guided positioning, and postoperative chest X-ray localization.

[RCT of Reduction in Catheter-Related Complications by Using Intracavitary Electrocardiogram-Assisted Guidance in Neonatal PICC Placement].

Objective: To investigate the effect of intracavitary electrocardiogram (IC-ECG) guidance on peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) related complications in neonatal patients.

Methods: A total of 210 neonatal patients were included in the study. They were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Sichuan Provincial People's Hosptial between January, 2017 and December, 2019 and had PICC lines were placed in their upper limbs.

[Efficiency of electrocardiogram monitor for positioning the catheter tip in peripherally inserted central catheter placement in neonates].

Objective: To study the efficiency of electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor for positioning the catheter tip in the placement of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in neonates.

Methods: A total of 160 neonates who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) from January 2015 to December 2017 and underwent the PICC placement via the veins of upper extremity were enrolled. They were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 80 neonates in each group.