Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Estimation of the diameter and cross-sectional area of the internal jugular veins in adult patients. | Available online http content 13 6 R197 Research Estimation of the diameter and cross-sectional area of the internal jugular veins in adult patients Déborah Tartière1 Philippe Seguin1 Charlotte Juhel2 Bruno Laviolle3 and Yannick Mallédant4 Service d Anesthésie-Réanimation 1 Université de Rennes 1 Hôpital Pontchaillou 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux 35000 Rennes France 2Département d lmagerie Médicale Université de Rennes 1 Hôpital Pontchaillou 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux 35000 Rennes France 3Laboratoire de Pharmacologie - CIC Inserm 0203 Université de Rennes 1 Hôpital Pontchaillou 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux 35000 Rennes France 4Service d Anesthésie-Réanimation 1 Université de Rennes 1 Inserm U620 Hôpital Pontchaillou 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux 35000 Rennes France Corresponding author Philippe Seguin Received 7 Sep 2009 Revisions requested 12 Oct 2009 Revisions received 19 Oct 2009 Accepted 9 Dec 2009 Published 9 Dec 2009 Critical Care 2009 13 R197 doi cc8200 This article is online at http content 13 6 R1 97 2009 Tartière et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Introduction Unawareness of an asymmetry between the right and left internal jugular vein IJV and methodological pitfalls in previous studies raise concerns about such asymmetry. Hence the aim of this prospective non-interventional study was to validate the hypothesis that right IJV diameter is greater than those of left IJV and to determine the cross-sectional area of the IJVs using computed tomography CT -scans and original automatic software. Methods All consecutive adult outpatients who underwent a thoracic contrast-enhanced TCE helical CT-scan during a 5month period were included. To
