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Umbilical venous catheterization and the risk of portal vein thrombosis
D S Schwartz1, P A Gettner, M M Konstantino
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8042, USA.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|December 24, 1997
Abstract:
Portal vein thrombosis has been associated with umbilical venous catheterization. We studied the incidence of portal vein thrombosis associated with umbilical venous catheterization with the catheter tip not in the portal venous system. Appropriate placement of an umbilical venous catheter in sick neonates is associated with a low risk of portal vein thrombosis (actual incidence, 1.3%).