Abstract:
The article summarizes many years of experience with radiographs in the neonatal intensive
care unit (ICU), provides criteria for the correct and acceptable position of the umbilical
venous catheter (UVC). Of the 180 cases observed by the authors, images of 16 clinical cases
with incorrectly set UVC, were selected and presented in the article. All radiographs shown
are classified depending on the depth of insertion and inadmissible location of the catheter;
rationale and interpretation of images are given, with an explanation of possible
complications in each case. Based on the above material, the need for "input control" upon
admission of a newborn from the maternity ward (transfer to a specialized hospital) was
proved in order to prevent the development of complications: pulmonary embolism, iatrogeny.
