Septic Pulmonary Embolism Complicating A Central Venous Catheter

Bacteremia is a recognized complication in patients with indwelling central venous catheters. More recently pulmonary embolism in such patients has also been described. Despite abundant clinical experience with these devices, to our knowledge, septic pulmonary embolism has not been reported in adult...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1990-12, Vol.98 (6), p.1526-1526
Hauptverfasser:	Cervia, Joseph S., Caputo, Thomas A., Davis, Sheila D., Murray, Henry W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system Biological and medical sciences Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects Catheters, Indwelling Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Lung - diagnostic imaging Medical sciences Pulmonary Embolism - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary Embolism - etiology Sepsis - complications Sepsis - etiology Staphylococcal Infections - complications Staphylococcal Infections - etiology Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Bacteremia is a recognized complication in patients with indwelling central venous catheters. More recently pulmonary embolism in such patients has also been described. Despite abundant clinical experience with these devices, to our knowledge, septic pulmonary embolism has not been reported in adult patients. This case illustrates such a complication.
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1378/chest.98.6.1526