Lu Wen-Hsien, Huang Ta-Cheng, Pan Jun-Yen, Wang Hsiao-Ping, Lin Chu-Chuan, Chen Ying-Yao, Hsieh Kai-Sheng
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
J Clin Anesth. 2008 May;20(3):225-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.10.012.
The most frequent and acute complications of subclavian vein catheterization are arterial puncture to the subclavian artery and pneumothorax. We report an arterial puncture directly to the pulmonary artery in infant during subclavian vein catheterization.