Case Report: Using ultrasound to prevent a broken catheter from migrating to the heart.

Peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters can break off while still in the patient, with possible detrimental effects such as upstream migration to the heart. These catheters have probably been damaged by the needle during a difficult insertion. A peripheral IV catheter was removed in a 90 year old pati...

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Autores principales: Schraverus, Pieter J., van Rijswijk, Suzanne, Tuinman, Pieter Roel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5500861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28713555
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11206.1
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description Peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters can break off while still in the patient, with possible detrimental effects such as upstream migration to the heart. These catheters have probably been damaged by the needle during a difficult insertion. A peripheral IV catheter was removed in a 90 year old patient and only half of the catheter was retrieved. By using ultrasound examination the remaining part of the IV catheter was identified, and retrieved surgically, before it could migrate towards the heart. This case report suggests that ultrasound should not only be used for difficult placement of a peripheral IV catheter, but can also be used when removal is complicated.
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spelling pubmed-55008612017-07-13 Case Report: Using ultrasound to prevent a broken catheter from migrating to the heart. Schraverus, Pieter J. van Rijswijk, Suzanne Tuinman, Pieter Roel F1000Res Case Report Peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters can break off while still in the patient, with possible detrimental effects such as upstream migration to the heart. These catheters have probably been damaged by the needle during a difficult insertion. A peripheral IV catheter was removed in a 90 year old patient and only half of the catheter was retrieved. By using ultrasound examination the remaining part of the IV catheter was identified, and retrieved surgically, before it could migrate towards the heart. This case report suggests that ultrasound should not only be used for difficult placement of a peripheral IV catheter, but can also be used when removal is complicated. F1000Research 2017-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5500861/ /pubmed/28713555 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11206.1 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Schraverus PJ et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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