Subclavian vein cannulation: a new complication.

Internal jugular vein cannulation versus subclavian vein cannulation. A surgeon's view: the subclavian vein.

Haemothorax after subclavian vein cannulation.

A patient in whom pulmonary arterial bleeding occurred during percutaneous supraclavicular puncture of the subclavian vein is described. A retrospective survey of over 600 subclavian venepunctures disclosed seven patients in whom serious traumatic complications occurred, six of them in the hands of inexperienced operators.

Pneumothorax and hydrothorax after subclavian vein cannulation.

A patient is described who developed a right pneumothorax and a left hydrothorax following percutaneous subclavian vein cannulation. The prevention, diagnosis and treatment of this complication are discussed.

Acute haemothorax--a hazard of subclavian vein cannulation.

Case report A 44-year-old man was admitted to the Casualty Department following a severe haematemesis. He was unconscious, apnoeic, had a barely detectable pulse and an irrecordable blood pressure. Intravenous infusions were started in the left subclavian vein and both long saphenous veins. An oral endotracheal tube was inserted and artificial ventilation commenced with 100% oxygen. He was tran...

Serious mechanical complication after subclavian vein catheterization.

A 75-year-old diabetic woman underwent exploratory laparotomy because of an intrauterine abscess complicated by septic shock. Prior to surgery, several unsuccessful attempts to insert a right subclavian central line were performed. Once in the Intensive Care Unit, the patient became hypotensive, tachycardic and her hematocrit level decreased from 36 to 29%. There was no evidence of external ble...