ISSN:
1432-1998
Keywords:
Children
;
catheterisation
;
adverse effects-thrombosis-atrophy
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Thirty-three 6 month to 13 year (average 9 years) old children subjected to femoral artery catheterisation in the 1960s were reviewed 2–9 years (average 5 years) later. They were then 7–18 years old (average 14 years). The review included measurement of the circumference of each calf and oscillography. Of the patients in whom either of these methods had suggested obstruction of the circulation, 10 were selected at random and examined with plethysmography and/or arteriography. The relatively high frequency of impaired circulation and growth of the limb found, appeared to warrant the conclusion that vascular catheterisation of children should always be followed by careful investigation for vascular obstruction, preferably with oscillography, and, if thrombosis is suspected by supplementary arteriography. A firm diagnosis of thromboembolism after catheterisation with occlusion of a major limb artery motivates thromboectomy.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00973222
