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Bilateral lower extremity ischemia due to a retained umbilical artery catheter in a preterm neonate
The use of umbilical artery catheters is common in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, especially in low and very low birth weight neonates. Rarely, these can break or fracture, leading to a retained fragment, which can embolize or cause thrombosis. We pre sent a case of a very low birth weight, prematur...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8189526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34113544 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2020.101424 |