Where Did the Midline Catheter Disappear?

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Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and Military University Hospital in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic.

Published: December 2021

Intravascular catheter break off is a rare complication during insertion or nursing care. We report the intravascular break off of a midline catheter after wound dressing change and its migration into the pulmonary artery. The broken piece of catheter was removed percutaneously using a snare kit.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8689596PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11795476211063318DOI Listing

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