Accidental placement of central venous catheter in lung parenchyma causing hydrothorax

Central venous catheterization is associated with its share of complications. Most of these complications can be avoided and treated by appropriate patient selection, careful insertion technique and vigilance following catheter insertion. We report a patient presenting with unilateral hydrothorax du...

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Autores principales: Badada, Vivek, Singh, Tapas Kumar, Srivastava, Uma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4268508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538501
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.144090
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description Central venous catheterization is associated with its share of complications. Most of these complications can be avoided and treated by appropriate patient selection, careful insertion technique and vigilance following catheter insertion. We report a patient presenting with unilateral hydrothorax due malposition of central venous catheter in lung parenchyma. Prompt recognition of complication and its treatment remedied the situation.
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spelling pubmed-42685082014-12-23 Accidental placement of central venous catheter in lung parenchyma causing hydrothorax Badada, Vivek Singh, Tapas Kumar Srivastava, Uma Saudi J Anaesth Case Report Central venous catheterization is associated with its share of complications. Most of these complications can be avoided and treated by appropriate patient selection, careful insertion technique and vigilance following catheter insertion. We report a patient presenting with unilateral hydrothorax due malposition of central venous catheter in lung parenchyma. Prompt recognition of complication and its treatment remedied the situation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4268508/ /pubmed/25538501 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.144090 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Accidental placement of central venous catheter in lung parenchyma causing hydrothorax
title Accidental placement of central venous catheter in lung parenchyma causing hydrothorax
title_full Accidental placement of central venous catheter in lung parenchyma causing hydrothorax
title_fullStr Accidental placement of central venous catheter in lung parenchyma causing hydrothorax
title_full_unstemmed Accidental placement of central venous catheter in lung parenchyma causing hydrothorax
title_short Accidental placement of central venous catheter in lung parenchyma causing hydrothorax
title_sort accidental placement of central venous catheter in lung parenchyma causing hydrothorax
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4268508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538501
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