Inadvertent transpericardial insertion of a central venous line with cardiac tamponade failure of preventive practices

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1147-1150

  Losert, H ^a   Prokesch, R ^a   Grabenwoger M ^a   Waltl, B ^a   Apsner, R ^a   Sunder Plassmann, G ^a   Muhm, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Central venous catheters; Malposition; Pitfalls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIOTOMY; SAFETY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0033850642     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340051331     Document Type: Article

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