title: Coiling of central venous catheter in the left subclavian vein, a rare complication.
abstract: Invasive monitoring is the need of the hour in today's scenario in intensive care units and perioperatively in hemodynamically unstable patients. Despite careful placement using proper landmarks and USG guided methods central venous canuulation (CVC) is associated sometimes with unforeseen complications. We report a rare complication of coiling of CVC in the left subclavian vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vipin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahu
keywords: Coiling; central venous catheter malposition; complication; subclavian vein