Misplacement of Central Venous Catheter Tip .
10.4097/kjae.1977.10.2.149
- Author:
Ho Soung KWAK
1
;
Suk Min YOON
;
Seung Moon YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Arrhythmias, Cardiac;
Blood Volume;
Catheters;
Central Venous Catheters*;
Central Venous Pressure;
Methods
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1977;10(2):149-154
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Monitoring of the central venous pressure is a simple, relatively inexpensive method of assessing a patient's cardiac status, circulating blood volume, and vasomotor tone. The simplest way of checking the intrathoraeic location of the catheter tip is by observing oscillation of 2~4cmH2O in the manometer column, synchronous with respiratory cycle. Inaccurate measurements are often obtained by the misplacement of the central venous catheter tip, in addition to the other well-known complications. Radiographic identification of the catheter tip is essential to eliminate these problems. We experienced a case of arrhythmia which appeared upon misplacement of the central venous catheter tip, and confirmed its misplacement by radiographic study.
