Esophageal inserted subclavian catheter: a rare complication

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Kocaşaban D. Ü., Güler S.

World Journal of Emergency Medicine, cilt.15, sa.3, ss.144-146, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Özet

Central venous catheterization (CVC) is an invasive procedure for administering fluids, nutrients, and drugs; monitoring central venous pressure; performing pulmonary artery catheterization; and placing transvenous pacemakers in intensive care units and all specialties, from anesthesia to emergency medicine, for the treatment of trauma and hemodynamically unstable pediatric and adult patients. Complications have been observed in more than 15% of patients who underwent CVC. Mechanical, infectious, and thrombotic complications have been reported in 5%– 19%, 5%–26%, and 2%–26% of patients, respectively. Malposition, on the other hand, is common in subclavian catheter insertion and is usually associated with an initially misplaced guidewire. In this article, we described a case in which a subclavian catheter was inserted complicated by malposition by showing localization to the esophagus