Airway obstruction following internal jugular vein cannulation |
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| Authors: | J S W Kua & I K S Tan |
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| Institution: | Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, 3, Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong |
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| Abstract: | A patient developed neck swelling following removal of an internal jugular vein cannula. Although tracheal extubation was delayed, severe airway obstruction occurred resulting in a cardiac arrest. He was successfully resuscitated. Doppler ultrasonography revealed a huge cervical haematoma surrounding a carotid artery pseudoaneurysm. The carotid artery pseudoaneurysm was obliterated using radiological intervention. |
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| Keywords: | Veins jugular cannulation Arteries carotid pseudoaneurysm Complications arrest cardiac haematoma Airway obstruction |
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