Cardiac tamponade and bilateral pleural effusion in a very low birth weight infant

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-139

  Haass, Cristina ^a   Sorrentino, Elena ^a   Tempera, Alessia ^a   Consigli, Chiara ^a   De Paola, Domenico ^a   Calcagni, Giulio ^a   Piastra, Marco ^b,c   Finocchi, Maurizio ^a  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Central lines; Complications; Pericardiocentesis; Pleural effusion; Very low birth weight newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 67249106715     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802509561     Document Type: Article

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