Airway obstruction due to a pre-vertebral haematoma following difficult central line insertion - Implications for ultrasound guidance and review of the literature

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-313

  Udy, A ^a,b,c   Senthuran, S ^a,b,c   Lipman, J ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Department of Intensive Care Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Complications; Internal jugular cannulation; Pre vertebral haematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CERVICOMEDIASTINAL HEMATOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; OXYGEN BREATHING; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; JUGULAR VEIN; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA DISEASE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 65549095061     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0903700219     Document Type: Article

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