A 41-year-old man with a history of distal ulcerative colitis was admitted to a public hospital in southern Italy with persistent bloody diarrhea. A right internal jugular central venous catheter was placed for management of parenteral nutrition. During placement of the catheter, the guidewire was advanced approximately 30 cm. Despite a gradual improvement of gastrointestinal symptoms, the patient died 2 weeks later from a ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest.
Images in emergency medicine. Improper placement of the central venous catheter.
MARFELLA, Raffaele
2008
Abstract
A 41-year-old man with a history of distal ulcerative colitis was admitted to a public hospital in southern Italy with persistent bloody diarrhea. A right internal jugular central venous catheter was placed for management of parenteral nutrition. During placement of the catheter, the guidewire was advanced approximately 30 cm. Despite a gradual improvement of gastrointestinal symptoms, the patient died 2 weeks later from a ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest.File in questo prodotto:
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