Migration of indwelling central venous catheter and fatal hydrothorax

Shagufta Jabeen; Ghulam Murtaza; Muhammad Zubair Hanif; Antonino Morabito; Basem Khalil

doi:10.1055/s-0033-1347130

Migration of indwelling central venous catheter and fatal hydrothorax

European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2014 Jun;2(1):32-4. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1347130. Epub 2013 May 9.

Authors

Shagufta Jabeen¹, Ghulam Murtaza¹, Muhammad Zubair Hanif², Antonino Morabito¹, Basem Khalil¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China ; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Linyi People's Hospital, Shandong University, Linyi, Shandong, China.

Abstract

Central venous catheter complications can be related to insertion, indwelling, or extraction. Most of the times, immediate complications are anticipated and managed; whereas, delayed complications can go unnoticed. In the case discussed here, migration and dislodgement of catheter tip resulted in delayed hydrothorax and sudden death of a 9-month-old female infant.

Keywords: central venous catheter insertion; complications; hydrothorax; migration; perforation.

Publication types

Case Reports