Cerebral herniation associated with central venous catheter insertion: Risk assessment

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-195

  Ziai, Wendy C ^a   Chandolu, Satish ^a   Geocadin, Romergryko G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Cerebral herniation; Complications of central line placement; Intracranial pressure; Reverse Trendelenburg

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CISTERN; BODY POSITION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPINE POSITION; SYLVIAN FISSURE; TRENDELENBURG POSITION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84875401700     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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