A potentially hazardous complication during central venous catheterization: Lost guidewire retained in the patient

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-226

  Song, Yohan ^a   Messerlian, Aram K ^b,c   Matevosian, Rima ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central venous catheterization; Guidewire entrapment; Seldinger technique

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; FOREIGN BODY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860262612     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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