Pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade caused by a central venous catheter in a very low birth weight infant.
With more and more extreme premature and very low-birth weight babies being resuscitated, umbilical central venous catheterisation is now being used more frequently in neonatal intensive care. One of the life-threatening complications is pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade; however, it is potentially reversible when it is caught in time. The authors present a case of cardiac tamponade following umbilical venous catheterisation in a neonate. The patient was diagnosed at the appropriate time by echocardiography and urgent pericardiocentesis proved lifesaving.
Department of Intensive Care and Neonatal Medicine, Teaching Hospital of Monastir, Tunisia.
Fatma-Zohra
FZ
Chioukh
Department of Intensive Care and Neonatal Medicine, Teaching Hospital of Monastir, Tunisia.
Karim Ben
KB
Ameur
Department of Intensive Care and Neonatal Medicine, Teaching Hospital of Monastir, Tunisia.
Hayet Ben
HB
Hmida
Department of Intensive Care and Neonatal Medicine, Teaching Hospital of Monastir, Tunisia.
Kamel
K
Monastiri
D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D062905:Central Venous Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D020519:Pericardiocentesis / Q000379:methods*; D014471:Umbilical Veins
Newborn; cardiac tamponade; pericardial effusion; pericardiocentesis; umbilical central venous catheterization