Author/Authors :
Amit، Agrawal نويسنده Department of Pediatrics, Gandhi Medical College and Kamla Nehru Hospital, Bhopal, MP, India , , Jyotsna، Shrivastava نويسنده Department of Pediatrics, Gandhi Medical College and Kamla Nehru Hospital, Bhopal, MP, India , , Kumar Kasyap، Vinay نويسنده Department of Pediatrics, Gandhi Medical College and Kamla Nehru Hospital, Bhopal, MP, India ,
Abstract :
Retention of a guidewire is one of the rare but potentially serious complications of central venous catheterization (CVC). An 11-year-old male presents with inadvertent retention of guidewire during CVC. The management was successful and this is an avoidable complication and several precautions are explained to avoid this.