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Jiang Wu1, Philip Chung1, En-Haw Wu2
1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Abstract:
Intrapleural misplacement of epidural catheter is a rare complication of thoracic epidural placement, which can be difficult to detect in intubated patients with unreliable pain reports and hemodynamic response to the test dose. We describe a case of intrapleural misplacement of thoracic epidural in a 50-year-old man status-post bilateral lung transplant and highlight the use of radiographic techniques to identify the misplacement.
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