When one port does not return blood: two case reports of rare causes for misplaced central venous catheters

We present two cases of misplaced central venous catheters having in common theabsence of free blood return from one lumen immediately after placement. The former is acase of right hydrothorax associated with central venous catheterization with the catheter tipin intra-pleural location. In this case...

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Main Authors: Sandra Pereira, César Preto, Carla Pinho, Pedro Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia 2016-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-70942016000100078&lng=en&tlng=en