A Case of Right Atrium thrombosis Caused by Umbilical Venous Catheterization.
- Author:
Seung Gue LEE
1
;
Hae Jung CHO
;
Me Jin KIM
;
Young Ho KIM
;
Ji Ah JUNG
;
Seung YANG
;
Il Tae HWANG
;
Hae Ran LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. mjkim@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Umbilical venous catheterization;
Neonatal thrombosis;
Right atrium thrombosis
- MeSH:
Aspirin;
Catheterization*;
Catheters*;
Heart Atria*;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant, Newborn;
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal;
Thrombosis*;
Warfarin
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Cardiology Society
2006;10(2):206-210
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Insertion of intravascular catheters may be the most common procedure in neonatal intensive care units. One of these kinds of catheters, umbilical venous catheter is generally used for the small and sick neonates. But the indwelling umbilical venous catheter can cause many complications. The most common complication is thrombus formation in the lumen of the catheter. Neonatal thrombosis has symptomatic or asymptomatic clinical manifestations, which may have serious complications in case of intracardiac thrombosis. In our experience, the infant who has no symptom of thrombosis was treated with low dose aspirin and warfarin for right atrium thrombosis caused by umbilical venous catheterization. So, we report a case of right atrium thrombosis following umbilical catheterization in neonatal intensive care units.
