RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Recovery of intralipid from lumbar puncture after migration of saphenous vein catheter.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1201
OP 1203
DO 10.1136/adc.67.10_Spec_No.1201
VO 67
IS 10 Spec No
A1 F Odaibo
A1 C A Fajardo
A1 C Cronin
YR 1992
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/10_Spec_No/1201.abstract
AB A term female infant was admitted to the intensive care unit with the diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot with critical pulmonary stenosis. On the seventh day of life a long saphenous line was inserted that remained without complications until seven days later when the infant appeared septic. A lumbar puncture demonstrated the presence of intra-lipid in the cerebrospinal fluid that we interpreted as due to migration of the saphenous catheter. The child had an uneventful recovery.