Life-Threatening Mediastinal Hematoma Caused by Extravascular Infusion Through a Triple-Lumen Central Venous Catheter

2004 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Hohlrieder ◽  
Rosmarie Oberhammer ◽  
Ingo H. Lorenz ◽  
Josef Margreiter ◽  
Gabriele Kühbacher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Venous Catheter ◽  
Venous Catheter ◽  
Central Venous ◽  
Mediastinal Hematoma ◽  
Life Threatening

Central Venous Catheter Securement: Using the Healthcare and Technology Synergy Model to Take a Closer Look

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Macklin ◽  
Paul L. Blackburn
Keyword(s):  
Central Venous Catheter ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Venous Catheter ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Central Venous ◽  
Bacterial Migration ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Delay Of Treatment ◽  
Catheter Replacement

Abstract Proper securement provides a safe vascular access device environment for both patients and health care providers. Successful securement protects central venous catheters from several sources of failure until the end of therapy by preventing central venous catheter movement during all phases of care. Movement causes vein trauma, bacterial migration, distal tip location variation, loss of dressing integrity, and even total dislodgement. Any of these events can have serious consequences, including catheter-related bloodstream infection, thrombosis, delay of treatment, catheter replacement, and potential hemorrhage, all of which can be life-threatening events, and increase costs. We review patient issues, practice issues, and the types of securement currently used in clinical settings.

Life-threatening vascular complications after central venous catheter placement

2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 901-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Wicky ◽  
J.-Y. Meuwly ◽  
F. Doenz ◽  
A. Uské ◽  
P. Schnyder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Venous Catheter ◽  
Vascular Complications ◽  
Venous Catheter ◽  
Catheter Placement ◽  
Central Venous ◽  
Central Venous Catheter Placement ◽  
Life Threatening

scholarly journals Two episodes of life-threatening anaphylaxis in the same patient to a chlorhexidine–sulphadiazine-coated central venous catheter

2001 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Stephens ◽  
M. Mythen ◽  
P. Kallis ◽  
D.W.L. Davies ◽  
W. Egner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Venous Catheter ◽  
Venous Catheter ◽  
Central Venous ◽  
Life Threatening

scholarly journals The Sheared Central Venous Catheter?

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harihar V. Hegde ◽  
Vijay G. Yaliwal ◽  
Shyamsundar K. Joshi ◽  
P. Raghavendra Rao
Keyword(s):  
Central Venous Catheter ◽  
Venous Catheter ◽  
Distal Fragment ◽  
Central Venous ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Chest X Ray

A fractured central venous catheter (CVC) with embolization of the distal fragment may lead to life-threatening complications. We had inserted a right subclavian CVC in a 68-year-old female which upon a follow-up chest X-ray appeared to have been sheared. A guidewire was inserted through the CVC until the J-tip was just beyond the tip of the CVC which were then withdrawn as a single assembly. We suspected that the tip of the guidewire might have been entrapped in the opening of the middle port, which upon withdrawal of the guidewire could have led to CVC folding upon itself and shearing.

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