Ventricular tachycardia cardiac arrest during central line placement.

Autor: Flannery KR; Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202. Electronic address: Kflanne1@hfhs.org., Wilson SP; Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202. Electronic address: Swilso4@hfhs.org., Manteuffel J; Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202. Electronic address: Jmanteu1@hfhs.org.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The American journal of emergency medicine [Am J Emerg Med] 2016 Jan; Vol. 34 (1), pp. 114.e3-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 May 01.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.04.064
Abstrakt: Central venous catheterization is often necessary for the safe administration of medications that are caustic to peripheral veins, to place temporary transvenous pacemakers and to provide invasive hemodynamic monitoring in the critically ill. While a wide range of complications are known to occur with insertion of these catheters, there is a paucity of cases associated with cardiac arrest during the catheters placement. We describe an unusual case of sustained ventricular tachycardia and subsequent cardiac arrest that occurred during an ultrasound guided central venous catheter placement for a patient in septic shock. This case serves as a reminder of the rare, but potentially fatal complication of central venous access placement.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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