Researchers allocated 670 patients to the 45-degree rotation group and 662 patients to the neutral position group, and cannulation was 100 percent successful.
The study concluded that a neutral head position was as safe as a 45-degree neck rotation during ultrasound-guided IJV cannulation.
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