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Swan Ganz catheter – all in a knot

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

S. Colbert ,
D. M. O'Hanlon ,
D. S. Quill  and
P. Keane
S. Colbert
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland
D. M. O'Hanlon
Affiliation:
Department of Vascular Surgery, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland
D. S. Quill
Affiliation:
Department of Vascular Surgery, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland
P. Keane
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland
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Abstract

In this case report an unusual complication is described following insertion of a Swan Ganz catheter. A 79-year-old male patient experienced knotting of the catheter. Methods of avoiding this problem and removal of a knotted catheter are discussed.

Keywords

swan ganzinvasive monitoringpulmonary artery catheteradverse effects
Type
Case Report
Information
European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , September 1997 , pp. 518 - 520
Copyright
1997 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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