Fatal haemothorax following large-bore percutaneous cannulation before liver transplantation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 472-476

  Jankovic, Zorica ^a   Boon, A ^a   Prasad, R ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications, haemothorax; Surgery, liver transplantation; Veins, central venous cannulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ARREST; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; NERVE INJURY; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; VEIN BYPASS;

EID: 26444517814     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei216     Document Type: Article

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