A new technique for placement of central venous catheters in small infants

The delivery of total parenteral nutrition to premature infants has been a major advance in neonatal intensive care. Ideally, total parenteral nutrition fluids should be given through a central venous catheter, but insertion of such a catheter may be a very difficult procedure in small neonates. We describe a new technique that improves the success rate of central venous catheterization in premature infants.