Unrecognized internal jugular vein obstruction: Cause of fatal intracranial hypertension after tracheostomy?

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-315

  Schummer, Wolfram ^a   Schummer, Claudia ^a   Niesen, Wolf Dirk ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central venous catheterization; Internal jugular vein; Intracranial elastance; Thrombosis; Tracheostomy; Transcranial duplexsonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

AGED; BRAIN; COMA; FATAL OUTCOME; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRACHEOSTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036788658     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200210000-00008     Document Type: Article

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