Open AccessUnusual right internal jugular vein catheter malposition into the right axillary vein: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Azim Honarmand,
Mohammadreza Safavi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced biomedical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-9175
DOI - 10.4103/2277-9175.96072
Subject(s) - medicine , axillary vein , surgery , catheter , central venous catheter , internal jugular vein , vein , jugular vein , radiology , thrombosis
One of disastrous complications of central venous cannulation (CVC) is malposition of central venous catheter. In this case report, we present an adult patient with history of multiple trauma and intracranial hemorrhage in whom the right axillary vein was accidentally cannulated during CVC insertion