Phrenic nerve injury due to thoracentesis for TPN effusion in a preterm newborn: consecutive two unusual complications

Ozdemir R., Oguz S., Uras N., Erdeve Ö., Yilmaz Y., Ulu H., ...More

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, vol.59, no.4, pp.384-387, 2011 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 59 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/tt.2370
  • Journal Name: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.384-387
  • Keywords: Pleural effusion, diaphragm paralysis, newborn.
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Central venous catheters ara commonly used in neonatal intensive care units as routes of parenteral nutrition. Pleural effusions caused by extravasation of parenteral alimentation fluid are a rare complication of central venous catheters in the newborn. Diaphragmatic paralysis due to phrenic nevre injury is a rare respiratory condition which may be life-threatening in infants.