Haemothorax Following Internal Jugular Vein Cannulation: A Rare Event

Catheterization of central veins is a routine technique which is widely used in emergency department, operation theater, and intensive care units. Seldinger technique is widely used to place central venous and arterial catheters and is generally considered safe. The technique does have multiple pote...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Sanjeev, Srinarayan, Jha, Anand Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29284888
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aer.AER_37_17
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description Catheterization of central veins is a routine technique which is widely used in emergency department, operation theater, and intensive care units. Seldinger technique is widely used to place central venous and arterial catheters and is generally considered safe. The technique does have multiple potential risks. We describe a case of hemothorax following internal jugular venous cannulation. Measures which can be taken to prevent such complications are explained in detail as well as recommended steps to remedy errors should they occur.
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spelling pubmed-57354632017-12-28 Haemothorax Following Internal Jugular Vein Cannulation: A Rare Event Kumar, Sanjeev Srinarayan, Jha, Anand Kumar Anesth Essays Res Case Report Catheterization of central veins is a routine technique which is widely used in emergency department, operation theater, and intensive care units. Seldinger technique is widely used to place central venous and arterial catheters and is generally considered safe. The technique does have multiple potential risks. We describe a case of hemothorax following internal jugular venous cannulation. Measures which can be taken to prevent such complications are explained in detail as well as recommended steps to remedy errors should they occur. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5735463/ /pubmed/29284888 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aer.AER_37_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Anesthesia: Essays and Researches 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735463/
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