A Peripherally Inserted Central Vein Catheter Frac-tured and Slid into the Right Pulmonary Artery：A Case Report
Meng Hu
Zhi-Cheng Ma
Jie Zhang
Fang Hu
Xiao-Yu Liang
Xiang-Chen Dai
Hai-Lun Fan
Jie-Chang Zhu
摘要：Catheter fracture is a rare but serious complication of a peripherally inserted central catheter ( PICC) . An adolescent patient was sent to Tianjin Medical University General Hospital ( Tianjin, China) because the PICC was fractured when removed by a nurse. Chest X-ray showed that the PICC fragment slid into the right pulmonary artery. Through emergency surgery, the remainder of the PICC was successfully retrieved by an interventional operation percutaneously via the right femoral vein. PICC fracture is less common and always without significant discomfort if not found timely, and it may lead to serious complications, such as pulmonary embolism, and even death. Thus, nurses, patients and their family members should pay enough attention to the daily mainte-nance of PICC and have a deep understanding of the reasons associated with PICC fracture as well as how to prevent it. Interventional operation is minimally invasive, which is a good choice for the removal of intravascular foreign bodies, leading to fewer complications and a good prognosis.
机标关键词：Pulmonary Arterypulmonary embolismminimally invasivepulmonary arteryforeign bodiesfemoral vein
论文发表日期：2015-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：4( 84-87 )
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