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Pericardial effusion complicating a percutaneous central venous line in a neonate
P G Beattie1, C A Kuschel, J E Harding
1Department of Paediatrics, National Women's Hospital, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand.
Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A premature infant developed pericardial effusion four days after the insertion of a 25-gauge silastic percutaneous central venous catheter. The effusion contained parenteral nutrition fluid and resolved rapidly after withdrawal of the catheter. Pericardial effusion is a potential complication of percutaneous, as well as surgically placed, central venous catheters.