Incidence and Pattern of Malpositioning of Central Venous Catheters with Left Internal Jugular Venous Route

Incidence and Pattern of Malpositioning of Central Venous Catheters with Left Internal Jugular Venous Route

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  • N A ZAIDI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v6i1.1974

Keywords:

Malposition, central vein, catheter, internal jugular.

Abstract

Left internal jugular vein of 75 patients was cannulated. All patients belonged to pediatric age group (03—12 years) and scheduled for various closed heart surgical procedures through a left thoracotomy approach .Post-operative x-ray chest revealed that 9 Catheter (12%)were malpositioned Aberrant positions included right internal jugular, right and left subclavian and brachiocephalic veins

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11/21/2017

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ZAIDI, N. A. (2017). Incidence and Pattern of Malpositioning of Central Venous Catheters with Left Internal Jugular Venous Route. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v6i1.1974

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