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endotracheal tube
- tip varies with head and neck motion
- tip should be above carina
- consider chin position
nasogastric tube
nasojejunal tube
- include weighted tip
- side hole at duodenojejunal flexure
umbilical arterial line
- tip between T6 and T9
- course inferiorly within umbilical artery into internal and common iliac arteries, then into aorta
umbilical venous line
- tip at junction of IVC and right atrium
- course superiorly toward liver, enter portal vein, traverse ductus venosus, end in IVC
central venous catheters, peripherally inserted central catheter
- tip lies in superior vena cava
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