title: [Central vein catheters. Four unusual accidents (author's transl)].
abstract: Malpositioning of the tip of a central vein catheter is an accident whose frequency depends in part upon the puncture site. Certain dispositions are especially rare; the authors thus describe. Knotting in the left innominate vein after left internal jugular vein puncture. Catheterisation of the left internal mammary vein from the left subclavian vein. Intertion of a catheter in a pulmonary vein from the femoral route through a septal defect. And finally a thoracic aorta catheterisation by an unnoticed puncture of the left subclavian artery. The diagnostic steps and the conditions necessary to avoid the complications inherent to these malpositions are thereafter discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014680:Veins
vernacular_title: Les cathétérismes veineux centraux. Quatre complications rares.