Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Dec 2005
Case Reports[Late mediastinitis with bilateral hydrothorax after vessel perforation by a central venous catheter].
A central venous catheter was inserted into the right internal jugular vein of a 67-year-old woman to provide parenteral nutrition on the 7th day after surgery. Five days later, mediastinitis with bilateral hydrothorax had developed and was causing respiratory failure and systemic inflammatory response syndrome secondary to documented vascular perforation by the catheter. ⋯ However, it should not be forgotten that a radiograph is 2-dimensional and a single image of a catheter tip can correspond to a variety of locations (superior vena cava, vena innominata, extravascular location, and more). Even when there is clinical and radiologic evidence of catheter positioning, vascular perforation should be suspected in patients with a central venous catheter and bilateral pleural effusion who present respiratory insufficiency and hemodynamic instability.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Dec 2005
Letter Case Reports[Subdural block complicating epidural analgesia].