A Rare Complication of Central Venous Catheter Extravasation in a Preterm Neonate: Hemidiaphragmatic Paralysis

A Rare Complication of Central Venous Catheter Extravasation in a Preterm Neonate: Hemidiaphragmatic Paralysis

We report a case of a preterm neonate born at 26 weeks' of gestation diagnosed with unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis. This paralysis was a consequence of a phrenic nerve injury due to extravasation of hyperosmolar parenteral nutrition fluid in the upper thorax. Chest X-rays and ultrasonograph...

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Main Authors: C. Hobson, D. Dubillot, H. Lardy, D. Sirinelli, E. Saliba, E. Lopez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2017-04-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Subjects:
diaphragmatic paralysis
neonate
central venous catheter
diaphragmatic plication
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1601566

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