PERSISTENT HEMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO MALPOSITION OF A SUBCLAVIAN VENOUS CATHETER

1 May 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health

Vol. 17 (5) , 387-388
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-197705000-00010

Abstract

In a group of seven patients with percutaneous subclavian catheters in the pleural space, three were found to have continued blood loss from the catheter tip, and in four patients thoracotomy was prevented by discontinuing blood administration through the subclavian catheter during a re-evaluation phase.

Keywords

HEMOTHORAX SECONDARY
VENOUS CATHETER
BLOOD LOSS
PERSISTENT HEMOTHORAX
SEVEN PATIENTS
PLEURAL SPACE
PERCUTANEOUS SUBCLAVIAN
BLOOD ADMINISTRATION

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