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Neurologic complications associated with internal jugular vein cannulation in critically ill patients: a prospective
E G Garcia1, E F Wijdicks, B R Younge
1Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
Neurology
|May 1, 1994
Abstract:
To determine the frequency of neurologic complications after internal jugular cannulation, we performed a prospective study in 66 consecutive critically ill patients. Of these 66 patients, one had Horner's syndrome probably associated with a large carotid sheath hematoma (2%; 95% CI, 1 to 8%). No cerebrovascular complications occurred. The frequency of neurologic complications following internal jugular vein catheterization is low in critical illness.