Malposition of central venous catheter in a small tributary of left brachiocephalic vein
Erroneous positioning of central venous catheters in small tributaries of large central veins is a rare occurrence. We describe two such unusual incidents involving cannulation of the small tributaries of left brachiocephalic vein. Malposition was suspected when the central venous waveform could not...
Main Authors: | Ghatak, Tanmoy, Azim, Afzal, Baronia, Arvind Kumar, Muzaffar, Syed Nabeel |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Medknow Publications
2011
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214515/ |
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