NON-PERFORATED CARDIAC TAMPONADE ASSOCIATED WITH A CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER IN A PREMATURE INFANT WITH EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT

SEDEF ÖKSÜZ, RAHMİ ÖZDEMİR, RAŞİT AKTAŞ, SEDAT BAĞLI, KAAN YILDIZ, CEM KARADENİZ, NAZMİ NARİN

Trends in Pediatrics - 2023;4(4):253-256

Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Health Sciences Universtiy Izmir Tepecik Education And Research Hospital, İzmir, Türkiye

 

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.