Guidewire-induced persistent supraventricular tachycardia during central venous catheterization in a child

Central venous catheter placement can induce dysrhythmia. We report a case of supraventricular tachycardia following inadvertent over-insertion of a guidewire during femoral central venous catheterization in a 10-year-old child with 35% body surface area deep thermal burns. Immediate withdrawal of t...

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Main Authors: Smita Prakash, Raj P Singh, Santosh K Das, Nikki Sabharwal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Current Medicine Research and Practice
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Online Access:http://www.cmrpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2352-0817;year=2013;volume=3;issue=5;spage=247;epage=249;aulast=Prakash