Life-threatening mediastinal hematoma caused by extravascular infusion through a triple-lumen central venous catheter

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-35

  Hohlrieder, Matthias ^a   Oberhammer, Rosmarie ^a   Lorenz, Ingo H ^a   Margreiter, Josef ^a   Kühbacher, Gabriele ^a   Keller, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFANT; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LUNG VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOCEPHALIA; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042616451     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000117148.40842.CA     Document Type: Article

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