A rare complication of neonatal central venous access
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- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal
- Vol. 86 (1) , 61F-62
- https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.86.1.f61
Abstract
Total parenteral nutrition is often necessary for the survival of neonates, but obtaining central venous access can be very difficult. A case is reported in which malpositioning of a 27 gauge central venous catheter resulted in the misdiagnosis of necrotising enterocolitis and hypoglycaemia.Keywords
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