Rare but serious complications of central line insertion

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-83

  Askegard Giesmann, Johanna R ^a   Caniano, Donna A ^a   Kenney, Brian D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Complication; Fatal; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABSCESS; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; BRAIN EDEMA; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; NERVE PARALYSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEPSIS; VEIN INJURY; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ARTERIES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; EMBOLISM, AIR; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHRENIC NERVE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 63449095783     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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