The dos and do knots of central venous catheterization

J Clin Anesth. 2012 Mar;24(2):148-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2011.06.019.

Abstract

Central venous catheterization plays an important role in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis. Placement of a right subclavian hemodialysis catheter was complicated by looping and entrapment of the guidewire. Computed tomographic and three-dimensional scans were essential in locating and determining that the guidewire was outside the vessel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / instrumentation
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
  • Renal Dialysis / methods*
  • Subclavian Vein
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed