The right jugular vein is the least prone to ... on the side of the neck and is therefore easily visualized. The left jugular vein can also be used, but it is smaller and not visualized as readily.

1). Figure 1: Blood collection from the left jugular vein. This sampling site is often used in uncooperative species, when jugular venipuncture is not possible without sedation, in neonates and ...

But Alberta’s chief medical officer said the most serious wounds were slices to the victim’s left and right jugular veins and his carotid artery. Those vessels carry blood between the heart ...

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).