Acute abdomen due to late retroperitoneal extravasation from a femoral venous catheter in a newborn

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 59-61

  Sztajnbok, Jaques ^a,b   Troster, Eduardo Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Alameda Lorena No 1858   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Extravasation; Femoral venous catheterization; Newborn; Parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; EXTRAVASATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE SOUND; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RETROPERITONEUM; SKIN INDURATION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; FEMORAL VEIN; INFANT NUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; REVIEW;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 0037034509     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: 15163180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802002000200007     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Hogan MJ. Neonatal vascular catheters and their complications. Radiol Clin North Am 1999;37:1109-25.
2. Cronin WA, Germanson TP, Donowitz LG. Intravascular catheter colonization and related bloodstream infection in critically ill neonates. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1990;11:301-8.
3. Kanter RK, Zimmerman JJ, Strauss RH, et al. Central venous catheter insertion by femoral vein: safety and effectiveness for the pediatric patient. Pediatrics 1986;77:842-7.
4. Bonadio WA, Losek JD, Melzer-Lange, M. An unusual complication from a femoral venous catheter. Pediatr Emerg Care 1988;4:27-9.
5. Spriggs DW, Brantley RE. Thoracic and abdominal extravasation: a complication of hyperalimentation in infants. Am J Roentgenol 1977;128:419-22.
6. Krasna IH, Krause T. Life-threatening fluid extravasation of central venous catheters. J Pediatr Surg 1991;26:1346-8.
7. Bansal V, Strauss A, Gyepes M, et al. Central line perforation associated with Staphylococcus epidermidis infection. J Pediatr Surg 1993;28:894-7.
8. Nour S, Puntis JW, Stringer MD. Intra-abdominal extravasation complicating parenteral nutrition in infants. Arch Dis Child 1995;72:207-8.
9. Moriarty KP, Konefal Jr SH, Ingold VJ. Acute abdomen from a femoral venous catheter. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1997;36:175-6.