Umbilical artery perforation: a potentially life-threatening complication of umbilical artery catheterisation

Umbilical artery catheterisation is frequently performed in preterm or critically ill newborn infants for invasive monitoring of blood pressure and blood sampling for laboratory tests. It is associated with well-known complications like catheter-related infections, thromboembolic events and aneurysm...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Molanus, Daniel, van Scherpenzeel, Machteld, Derikx, Joep, van den Dungen, Frank
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Learning from Errors
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5695430/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29141932
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222664
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