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Conditions
Brief summary
To evaluate the effects of right lateral tilt and trendelenburg positions on the area of the internal juguler venous cross section, size, and the relationship with the right internal juguler venous carotid artery.
Interventions
The right internal jugulary vein (RIJV) cross-sectional area (CSA) and the anatomical relationship with the carotid artery (CA) will be assessed using a two-dimensional ultrasound machine by an anaesthetist who is experienced in this matter in outpatient facility.The measurement process is planned to last approximately 20 minutes for each person.Measurements will be performed in the doctor's office. All ultrasonography images will be stored, and measurements will be performed later by different blinded investigator.
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Healthy volunteers older than 18 yr, ASA physical status I.
Exclusion criteria
Volunteers with previous right IJV catheterization, anatomical malformations of IJV, previous neck surgery, congenital heart disease, concurrent pulmonary disease that might influence the hemodynamics of the right heart, increased intracranial pressure, or hemodynamic instability were excluded from the present study.