Dailey R H
Emergency Medicine, Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA 94602.
J Emerg Med. 1988 Mar-Apr;6(2):137-40. doi: 10.1016/0736-4679(88)90155-2.
Late perforations of vascular structures by central venous pressure (CVP) catheter tips are unusual, but potentially lethal, complications. The two principal syndromes caused by such perforations are described, and methods of prevention and treatment are outlined.
