Abstract

Central venous catheterization is almost routinely used in neonatal intensive care, especially in premature and extremely low-birth-weight infants. One of the rare but life-threatening complications is pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. In addition to perforation, tamponade may develop with osmotic damage of the fluid administered. This article presents a case of cardiac tamponade due to central venous catheterization in an extremely low birth weight newborn.

Keywords: Cardiac tamponade, central venous catheter, premature, pericardiocentesis

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Copyright © 2023 The author(s). This is an open-access article published by Aydın Pediatric Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to cite

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Öksüz S, Özdemir R, Aktaş R, Bağlı S, Yıldız K, Karadeniz C, et al. Non-perforated cardiac tamponade associated with a central venous catheter in a premature infant with extremely low birth weight. Trends in Pediatrics. 2023;4(4):253-256. https://doi.org/10.59213/TP.2023.36035