Literature DB >> 6747797

Fatal pulmonary embolism following removal of a central venous catheter.

M A Rockoff, D L Gang, J P Vacanti.   

Abstract

A 1-year-old child developed fatal septic pulmonary embolism upon removal of a central intravenous catheter. Histologically identical material was found in the pulmonary arteries and in the inferior vena cava at the catheter tip site. The pathophysiology of pulmonary embolism occurring during childhood is reviewed.

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Year:  1984        PMID: 6747797     DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(84)80194-3

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Pediatr Surg        ISSN: 0022-3468            Impact factor:   2.545


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