{"title":"Cardiac tamponade following central line in premature neonate: Case report and review of the literature","authors":"R. Shenoy","doi":"10.5580/1c0d","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"With improved survival of extremely premature neonates, use of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines has gained favor as a means for providing parenteral nutrition. Improvements in technology have made their use safe. Pericardial effusion (PE) and cardiac tamponade resulting from placement of a PICC line is a rare but serious complication. There is controversy about the ideal location of the tip of the PICC line. We present a case of cardiac tamponade secondary to a PE following PICC line placement. We also have reviewed the literature for this complication.","PeriodicalId":75037,"journal":{"name":"The Internet journal of pediatrics and neonatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Internet journal of pediatrics and neonatology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5580/1c0d","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
With improved survival of extremely premature neonates, use of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines has gained favor as a means for providing parenteral nutrition. Improvements in technology have made their use safe. Pericardial effusion (PE) and cardiac tamponade resulting from placement of a PICC line is a rare but serious complication. There is controversy about the ideal location of the tip of the PICC line. We present a case of cardiac tamponade secondary to a PE following PICC line placement. We also have reviewed the literature for this complication.