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Fatal air embolism through an umbilical venous catheter

✍ Scribed by Joseph A. Kitterman

Publisher
Springer
Year
1979
Tongue
English
Weight
150 KB
Volume
131
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-6997

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✦ Synopsis

Umbilical arterial and venous catheters are used widely in the care of sick newborn infants. A number of complications of such catheters have been reported including infection, hemorrhage, thrombosis and portal hypertension. The purpose of this paper is to report a case of fatal air embolism and alert other clinicians to the cause of this disastrous event.

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