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Cardiac tamponade and successful pericardiocentesis in an extremely low birth weight neonate with percutaneously inserted central venous line: a case report

BACKGROUND: Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade are rare but life-threatening complications of percutaneosuly inserted central line (PICL) use in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) neonates, with an incidence reported between 0.07% and 2% of PICLs placement. Timely diagnosis and pericardiocent...

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Autores principales: Pizzuti, Alfredo, Parodi, Emilia, Abbondi, Paola, Frigerio, Mario
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2821304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20157646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-3-15