Severe Liver Injury while Using Umbilical Venous Catheter: Case Series and Literature Review

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 965-974

  Grizelj, Ruza ^a   Vukovic, Jurica ^a   Bojanic, Katarina ^b   Loncarevic, Damir ^a   Stern Padovan, Ranka ^a   Filipovic Grcic, Boris ^a   Weingarten, Toby N ^c   Sprung, Juraj ^c  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter malposition; complications; liver injury; thoracoabdominal radiographs; ultrasonography; umbilical venous catheter

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETERIZATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INJURIES; LIVER; NEWBORN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL VEIN; UMBILICUS;

ABDOMEN; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UMBILICAL VEINS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 84935084669     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1370346     Document Type: Article

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