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Internal jugular catheterisation Case report of a potentially fatal hazard
Author(s) -
POWELL H.,
BEECHEY A. P. G.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14334.x
Subject(s) - medicine , internal jugular vein , cannula , jugular vein , subclavian artery , surgery
Summary A case is presented of acute life‐threatening haemorrhage caused by laceration of the subclavian artery as a result of attempted cannulation of the internal jugular vein. This sequence of events has not been reported previously, and probably resulted from use of a cannula‐over‐needle system.