Volkman’s Contracture, Persistent Limb Ischaemia, and Amputation: A Complication of Brachial Artery Catheterisation for Haemodynamic Monitoring Using PiCCO

We report a case of a 64-year-old woman who was admitted to intensive care unit with multiorgan failure secondary to Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Haemodynamic monitoring using the transpulmonary thermodilution with pulse contour analysis system (PiCCO) was achieved via the left brachial artery. Tw...

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Main Authors: Veejay Bagga, Marion Palmer, Ramesh Sadasivan, Govindan Raghuraman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Critical Care
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/474358
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