TITLE:
Peripheral Central Venous Catheter Induced Supraventricular Tachycardia in a Patient of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
AUTHORS:
Rangreze Imran, Asiri Abdulrahman, Al-Hanash Ali, Shehla Shafi Khan
KEYWORDS:
Central Venous Catheter (CVC), Supraventricular Tachycardia, Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.5 No.3,
March
3,
2016
ABSTRACT: Central venous catheters (CVCs) are used in intensive care units (and, increasingly, in other locations) to administer intravenous fluids and blood products, drugs, parenteral nutrition, and to monitor haemodynamic status. The risk of complication during the insertion or exchange of central venous catheters has been well documented. The majority of complications involve mechanical problems, although rarely it may induce arrhythmias as well [1]. Herein we present a case of peripheral central venous catheter induced supraventricular tachycardia in a young patient of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.