Internal jugular catheterisation. Case report of a potentially fatal hazard.

Powell, H; Beechey, A P · Anaesthesia · 1990

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

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.

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