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

• Main Authors: Sezin Unal (Author), İlter Arifoglu (Author), İstemi Han Çelik (Author), Osman Yılmaz (Author), Ahmet Yagmur Bas (Author), Nihal Demirel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: EL-Med-Pub, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...