A Knotted Urethral Catheter in the Emergency Department
| Autor: | Victoria Terentiev, Eitan Dickman, Ora Khentsinsky, Carmen Cortis, Alexander C. Arroyo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Urinary system Urethral Catheters 030232 urology & nephrology Urinary Catheters 03 medical and health sciences Catheters Indwelling 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics medicine Humans Feeding tube Device Removal Enteric feeding business.industry Infant Newborn General Medicine Emergency department Surgery Catheter Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Emergency Medicine Equipment Failure Female Emergency Service Hospital Complication business Urethral catheter |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Emergency Care. 33:190-191 |
| ISSN: | 0749-5161 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/pec.0000000000000751 |
| Popis: | Inadvertent knotting of urethral catheters and enteric feeding tubes is a rare complication in pediatric patients. If a small flexible tube is used and advanced too far, upon withdrawal, the catheter may knot in the bladder. Surgical intervention for retrieval is required in most cases. We present a case of a 26-day-old female neonate who was catheterized with a 5 French enteric feeding tube, which was later removed in the emergency department with gentle traction alone. After removal, a knot was noted at the tip. It is important for emergency physicians to be aware of this complication, because this particular size feeding tube is most susceptible to kinking inside of the urinary tract. |
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