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BET 3: Central line insertion in deranged clotting

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2011.114876

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    Report by: Janos Peter Baombe, Senior Emergency Trainee

    Search checked by: Laith Sultan, Senior Emergency Trainee

    Institution: Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK

    Three-part question

    In [adult patients presenting to the ED with deranged/unknown clotting profile], does [the insertion of a central line under ultrasound guidance] reduce [the risk of significant bleeding]?

    Clinical scenario

    A 65-year-old man is brought to the Emergency Department with no recordable blood pressure and a temperature of 39°C. You attempt unsuccessfully to insert a peripheral line several times and you decide to cannulate a central vein. Your colleague asks you if it would not be wiser to wait for the patient's blood coagulation profile to avoid potential bleeding complication.

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    Medline using the OVID interface 1950 to November week 2 2010.

    EMBASE 1980 to December week 2 2010.

    Medline: [(exp Catheterisation, Central Venous/) OR …

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    Footnotes

    • linked articles 114850, 114868, 114843

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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