Haemothorax after subclavian vein cannulation.
A patient in whom pulmonary arterial bleeding occurred during percutaneous supraclavicular puncture of the subclavian vein is described. A retrospective survey of over 600 subclavian venepunctures disclosed seven patients in whom serious traumatic complications occurred, six of them in the hands of inexperienced operators.
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013350:Subclavian Vein