Infraclavicular brachial plexus block for the management of inadvertent intraarterial drug administration after arterial insertion of a venous cannula during ultrasound-guided venous cannulation

Anne-Marie Leo; Branislav Mislovic

doi:10.1213/XAA.0000000000000088

Infraclavicular brachial plexus block for the management of inadvertent intraarterial drug administration after arterial insertion of a venous cannula during ultrasound-guided venous cannulation

A A Case Rep. 2014 Sep 15;3(6):78-9. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000088.

Authors

Anne-Marie Leo¹, Branislav Mislovic

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.

PMID: 25611526
DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000088

Abstract

This case report documents the inadvertent placement of an arterial cannula despite using realtime ultrasound to insert a peripheral venous cannula in a child with difficult venous access. The resultant limb ischemia was treated with an infraclavicular ultrasound-guided brachial plexus block as sympatholytic treatment.