Unnoticed loss of a guide wire during central venous line conduit

Authors

  • Carmen María Muñoz Corchuelo MIR Anestesiología y Reanimación. Hospital Torrecárdenas de Almería.
  • Félix Gallo Pineda Hospital Torrecárdenas Almería.
  • Manuel Cortiñas Sáenz Hospital Torrecárdenas de Almería.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v10i10.623

Keywords:

hold, adverse reactions, complications, guidewire, lost, central line canalisation, checklist

Abstract

Central venous catheterisation (CVC) must be must be conducted by professionals who have appropriate knowledge and/or monitored if they´ re not skilled enough, according with strict guidelines in order to prevent incidents. The incidence of complications is up to 15%, some of them potentially fatal; these may be difficult to avoid, while others are due to human failure and therefore amenable to intervention and completely avoidables. A case report of unoticed canalisation of a central line losing the guidewire is presented; discovered by accident in an image test due to torpid postoperatory evolution, as well as the proposal of a checklist to its prevention.

 

 

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2020-09-10

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Muñoz Corchuelo, C. M., Gallo Pineda, F., & Cortiñas Sáenz, M. (2020). Unnoticed loss of a guide wire during central venous line conduit. Revista Electrónica AnestesiaR, 10(10), 3. https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v10i10.623

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Vol. 10 No. 10 (2018): Revista Electrónica de AnestesiaR

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