NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNAL JUGULAR-VEIN CANNULATION IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS - A PROSPECTIVE-STUDY

Authors
GARCIA EG WIJDICKS EFM YOUNGE BR
Citation
Eg. Garcia et al., NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNAL JUGULAR-VEIN CANNULATION IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS - A PROSPECTIVE-STUDY, Neurology, 44(5), 1994, pp. 951-952
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
44
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
951 - 952
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1994)44:5<951:NCAWIJ>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
To determine the frequency of neurologic complications after internal jugular cannulation, we performed a prospective study in 66 consecutiv e critically ill patients. Of these 66 patients, one had Horner's synd rome probably associated with a large carotid sheath hematoma (2%; 95% Cl, 1 to 8%). No cerebrovascular complications occurred. The frequenc y of neurologic complications following internal jugular vein catheter ization is low in critical illness.