Broken Umbilical Vein Catheter as an Embolus in a Neonate- An Unusual Preventable Complication

Umbilical vein catheter (UVC) is used in managing critically sick neonates all over the world. It is generally considered to be safe although various complications can arise and are well known. Herein we describe a successful retrieval of a broken and migrated UVC across the heart in a neonate. Pert...

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Autores principales: Dhua, Anjan Kumar, Singh, Bijender, Kumar, Dilip, Awasthy, Neeraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023465
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description Umbilical vein catheter (UVC) is used in managing critically sick neonates all over the world. It is generally considered to be safe although various complications can arise and are well known. Herein we describe a successful retrieval of a broken and migrated UVC across the heart in a neonate. Pertinent literature regarding rarity of its occurrence and mechanism of occurrence has been touched upon to prevent such untoward complications.
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spelling pubmed-44202972015-05-28 Broken Umbilical Vein Catheter as an Embolus in a Neonate- An Unusual Preventable Complication Dhua, Anjan Kumar Singh, Bijender Kumar, Dilip Awasthy, Neeraj J Neonatal Surg Case Report Umbilical vein catheter (UVC) is used in managing critically sick neonates all over the world. It is generally considered to be safe although various complications can arise and are well known. Herein we describe a successful retrieval of a broken and migrated UVC across the heart in a neonate. Pertinent literature regarding rarity of its occurrence and mechanism of occurrence has been touched upon to prevent such untoward complications. EL-MED-Pub 2013-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4420297/ /pubmed/26023465 Text en Copyright © 2013 Dhua et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Broken Umbilical Vein Catheter as an Embolus in a Neonate- An Unusual Preventable Complication
title Broken Umbilical Vein Catheter as an Embolus in a Neonate- An Unusual Preventable Complication
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title_short Broken Umbilical Vein Catheter as an Embolus in a Neonate- An Unusual Preventable Complication
title_sort broken umbilical vein catheter as an embolus in a neonate- an unusual preventable complication
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