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Bilateral Pleural and Pericardial Effusions Because of Mediastinal Placement of a Central Venous Catheter
Author(s) -
Simmons Timothy C.,
Henderson Donald R.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607191015006676
Subject(s) - medicine , central venous catheter , catheter , parenteral nutrition , surgery , hydrothorax , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , pneumothorax , silastic , lumen (anatomy) , pericardial effusion , enteral administration , radiology , ascites
Pneumothorax, hydrothorax, hydromediastinum, and cardiac tamponade are uncommon, although not unusual, complications of central venous catheter placement. We report a case of hydromediastinum with bilateral pleural and pericardial effusions, occurring in a patient after placement of a Silastic double‐lumen central venous catheter for hyperalimentation. ( Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 15:676–679, 1991)