The goal of this observational study is to demonstrate the presence of a correlation between echographic measurements of the inferior vena cava (IVC) normalized for the pediatric population and right atrial pressures (RAP) measured by central venous catheter (CVC) so as to create a predictive model of the value of right atrial pressures using echocardiographic parameters in the pediatric population. This study is single-center longitudinal and involves retrospective and prospective data collection.
Pediatric patients aged 0-18 years undergoing central venous catheter (CVC) placement in the course of the diagnosis performed at our center
Obtaining informed consent from parent/guardian in case of minors
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The retrospective population consists of all patients admitted at the Pediatric Cardiology Unit of IRCCS AOU of Bologna and underwent central venous catheter placement (CVC) during the normal diagnostic-therapeutic course from 1st January of 2012 for which a complete echocardiography was performed within 1 hour of RAP (right atrial pressure) measurement. The prospective population consists of all patients admitted at the Pediatric Cardiology Unit of the IRCCS AOU of Bologna from the time of approval by the ethics committee and undergoing central venous catheter placement for 12 months after the start of this study.
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Construction of a mathematical predictive model of RAP specifically for pediatric patients
The following echocardiographic parameters related to inferior vena cava (IVC) measurements will be analyzed: maximum and minimum expressed as z-score, ratio of the two diameters, ratio of maximum diameter to the systolic systolic aorta. The patient's auxo-anthropometric values collected through the data will also be considered retrospective.
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