Key result
Umbilical venous catheterization is linked to potentially fatal neonatal cardiac tamponade requiring urgent pericardiocentesis.
Population
3 neonates with cardiac tamponade due to umbilical venous catheterization
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to tamponade risk during neonatal umbilical catheterization; leaves open optimal positioning and prevention strategies.
Case Report (n=3)
Cardiac tamponade is a rare but potentially fatal complication of umbilical venous catheterization in neonates, requiring prompt echocardiographic diagnosis and pericardiocentesis.
Traen et al. (2005) conducted a case report in Neonatal cardiac tamponade and pericardial effusion (n=3). Umbilical venous catheterization was evaluated. Umbilical venous catheterization in neonates can cause potentially fatal cardiac tamponade and pericardial effusion, requiring urgent echocardiography and pericardiocentesis.
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