Avoiding vessel laceration in thoracentesis: A role of vascular ultrasound with color Doppler

Chest

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e5-e7

  Kanai, Mio ^a   Sekiguchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INTUBATION; LACERATION; LUNG ARTERY; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; TACHYCARDIA; TENSION HEMATOTHORAX; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MAMMARY ARTERY; PARACENTESIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; PARACENTESIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920742710     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0814     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Gordon CE, Feller-Kopman D, Balk EM, Smetana GW. Pneumo thorax following thoracentesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med. 2010; 170 (4): 332-339.
2. Hibbert RM, Atwell TD, Lekah A, et al. Safety of ultrasound-guided thoracentesis in patients with abnormal preprocedural coagulation parameters. Chest. 2013; 144 (2): 456-463.
3. Goligher EC, Leis JA, Fowler RA, Pinto R, Adhikari NK, Ferguson ND. Utility and safety of draining pleural effusions in mechanically ventilated patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care. 2011; 15 (1): R46.
4. Aylwin CJ, Brohi K, Davies GD, Walsh MS. Pre-hospital and in-hospital thoracostomy: indications and complications. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2008; 90 (1): 54-57.
5. Imperatori A, Rotolo N, Gatti M, et al. Peri-operative complications of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Int J Surg. 2008; 6(suppl 1): S78-S81.
6. Yacovone ML, Kartan R, Bautista M. Intercostal artery laceration following thoracentesis. Respir Care. 2010; 55 (11): 1495-1498.
7. Havelock T, Teoh R, Laws D, Gleeson F; BTS Pleural Disease Guideline Group. Pleural procedures and thoracic ultrasound: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010. Thorax. 2010; 65(suppl 2): ii61-ii76.
8. Choi S, Trieu J, Ridley L. Radiological review of intercostal artery: anatomical considerations when performing procedures via intercostal space. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2010; 54 (4): 302-306.
9. Helm EJ, Rahman NM, Talakoub O, Fox DL, Gleeson FV. Course and variation of the intercostal artery by CT scan. Chest. 2013; 143 (3): 634-639.
10. Shurtleff E, Olinger A. Posterior intercostal artery tortuosity and collateral branch points: a cadaveric study. Folia Morphol (Warsz). 2012; 71 (4): 245-251.
11. Yoneyama H, Arahata M, Temaru R, Ishizaka S, Minami S. Evaluation of the risk of intercostal artery laceration during thoracentesis in elderly patients by using 3D-CT angiography. Intern Med. 2010; 49 (4): 289-292.
12. Carney M, Ravin CE. Intercostal artery laceration during thoracocentesis: increased risk in elderly patients. C hest. 1979; 75(4) :520-522.
13. Koyanagi T, Kawaharada N, Kurimoto Y, et al. Examination of intercostal arteries with transthoracic Doppler sonography. Echocardiography. 2010; 27 (1): 17-20.
14. Salamonsen M, Ellis S, Paul E, et al. Thoracic ultrasound demonstrates variable location of the intercostal artery. Respiration. 2012; 83(4): 323-329.
15. Sekiguchi H, Suzuki J, Daniels CE. Making paracentesis safer: a proposal for the use of bedside abdominal and vascular ultrasonography to prevent a fatal complication. Chest. 2013; 143 (4): 1136-1139.