Advanced Biomedical Research

CASE REPORT
Year
: 2012  |  Volume : 1  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 16-

Unusual right internal jugular vein catheter malposition into the right axillary vein: A rare case report


Azim Honarmand, Mohammadreza Safavi 
 Department of Anesthesia, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Correspondence Address:
Mohammadreza Safavi
Department of Anesthesia, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
Iran

One of disastrous complications of central venous cannulation (CVC) is malposition of central venous catheter. In this case report, we present an adult patient with history of multiple trauma and intracranial hemorrhage in whom the right axillary vein was accidentally cannulated during CVC insertion.


How to cite this article:
Honarmand A, Safavi M. Unusual right internal jugular vein catheter malposition into the right axillary vein: A rare case report.Adv Biomed Res 2012;1:16-16


How to cite this URL:
Honarmand A, Safavi M. Unusual right internal jugular vein catheter malposition into the right axillary vein: A rare case report. Adv Biomed Res [serial online] 2012 [cited 2023 May 31 ];1:16-16
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