title: Delayed airway obstruction secondary to inadvertent arterial puncture during percutaneous central venous cannulation.
abstract: We report a case of fatal respiratory complication secondary to central venous cannulation in a 63-year-old male patient, which came up gradually and insidiously following an accidental puncture of carotid artery in an attempt to cannulate the right internal jugular vein. He died 14 h after the mishap due to severe upper airway obstruction. The nature of the vascular laceration was still obscure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Liou
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D002339:Carotid Arteries; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures; D013997:Time Factors