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Complications of 1303 Central Venous Cannulations

Author(s) -

Aysun Yılmazlar,

Hülya Bilgin,

Gülsen Korfalı,

Abdullah Eren,

Uğur Özkan

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/014107689709000607

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , central venous catheter , chest radiograph , radiography , surgery , catheter , intensive care unit , anesthesia , prospective cohort study , radiology , intensive care medicine

Central venous catheterization (CVC), now a common procedure, has several major complications. We assessed their incidence in a prospective study of 1303 cannulations done in the intensive care unit or operating theatre. Chest radiographs were obtained to verify proper catheter placement and to detect pneumothorax. Complications were arterial puncture in 68 (5.2%) patients, arrhythmias in 21 (1.6%), cardiopulmonary arrest in 1 (0.1%), and pneumothorax in 5 (0.5%). The tip of the CVC was incorrectly located in 149 (11.2%). The chest radiograph was a valuable method for detecting complications of central venous catheterization.

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