Bilateral Pleural and Pericardial Effusions Because of Mediastinal Placement of a Central Venous Catheter
- 1 November 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Vol. 15 (6), 676-679
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0148607191015006676
Abstract
Pneumothorax, hydrothorax, hydromediastinum, and cardiac tamponade are uncommon, although not unusual, complications of central venous catheter placement. We report a case of hydromediastinum with bilateral pleural and pericardial effusions, occurring in a patient after placement of a Silastic double-lumen central venous catheter for hyperalimentation. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 15:676-679, 1991)Keywords
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