Anthony A. Bavry, M.D., M.P.H. Intensive care unit patients who required acute renal replacement therapy were randomized to catheterization in the jugular vein (n = 375) or the femoral vein (n = 375).

After the patient is placed in the Trendelenburg position, the vein is ablated ... both ablation as well as patency of the common femoral vein. A similar procedure is performed for the small ...