Pulmonary venous air embolism following accidental patient laceration of a hemodialysis catheter.
As the number of patients at home with indwelling central venous catheters increases, more complications from their use will present to the emergency department. We report a case of pulmonary venous air embolism after a patient inadvertently severed the distal few centimeters of an indwelling central venous catheter.
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Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, USA.
Drescher
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D000061:Accidents, Home; D000328:Adult; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D006437:Hemodialysis, Home / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy