Pleural and Pericardiac Effusion as a Complication of Properly Placed Umbilical Venous Catheter

• Egile Nagusiak: Sezin Unal (Egilea), İlter Arifoglu (Egilea), İstemi Han Çelik (Egilea), Osman Yılmaz (Egilea), Ahmet Yagmur Bas (Egilea), Nihal Demirel (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: EL-Med-Pub, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Pleural and pericardial effusions are extremely rare complications of umbilical venous catheterization in newborns. A preterm male infant weighing 850g, with insertion of an umbilical venous catheter (UVC) developed massive right pleural and pericardial effusions. The position of catheter tip was ve...