A Rare Complication of Central Venous Catheter Extravasation in a Preterm Neonate: Hemidiaphragmatic Paralysis

• Main Authors: C. Hobson (Author), D. Dubillot (Author), H. Lardy (Author), D. Sirinelli (Author), E. Saliba (Author), E. Lopez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report a case of a preterm neonate born at 26 weeks' of gestation diagnosed with unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis. This paralysis was a consequence of a phrenic nerve injury due to extravasation of hyperosmolar parenteral nutrition fluid in the upper thorax. Chest X-rays and ultrasonograph...