CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER:-
- It is a catheter placed into a large vein.
- for example - internal jugular vein, subclavian vein, axillary
vein,femoral vein etc.
MEDICAL HISTORY:-
- first catheterization of a central vein was
performed by the English clergyman Stephen Hales.
- In 1733 he fixed a glass tube to the left jugular vein of a
thrown mare in order to measure venous pressure.
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