Pulmonary embolism as a result of Hickman catheter-related thrombosis
| Autor: | Jess J. Demaria, Henry E. Purcell, Eric H. Kraut, Jane M. Leiby, Earl N. Metz, Arthur L. Sagone |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Resuscitation Catheterization Central Venous Vena Cava Superior business.industry Thrombosis General Medicine medicine.disease Venous access Pulmonary embolism Surgery Catheters Indwelling Superior vena cava Hickman catheter medicine Humans Female Complication business Pulmonary Embolism Blood drawing |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of medicine. 86(2) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9343 |
| Popis: | S ince their introduction in the 197Os, Hickman catheters and similar venous access devices have become widely used in the management of patients with cancer [l-5] because of the ease they confer on blood drawing and administration of intravenous medications, nutrition, and hydration. As with other intravascular foreign objects, the complications of infection and thrombosis have been encountered but have in general been readily managed [6]. Adequate management requires prompt diagnosis for which a high index of suspicion is needed. Two cases of pulmonary embolism from superior vena caval thrombosis due to a Hickman catheter seen by the authors during a recent two-month period emphasize that this complication is not rare. These cases are presented with a review of the literature reporting thrombosis and pulmonary embolism due to Hickman catheters and similar venous access devices. |
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