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Airway obstruction following internal jugular vein cannulation
Author(s) -
Kua J. S. W.,
Tan I. K. S.
Publication year - 1997
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.1365-2044.1997.177-az0310.x
Subject(s) - medicine , internal jugular vein , pseudoaneurysm , cannula , surgery , airway , airway obstruction , jugular vein , radiology , common carotid artery , tracheotomy , carotid arteries , aneurysm
A patient developed neck swelling following removal of an internal jugular vein cannula. Although tracheal extubation was delayed, severe airway obstruction occurred resulting in a cardiac arrest. He was successfully resuscitated. Doppler ultrasonography revealed a huge cervical haematoma surrounding a carotid artery pseudoaneurysm. The carotid artery pseudoaneurysm was obliterated using radiological intervention.