Premature newborn after umbilical arterial and umbilical venous catheter placement

Cardiovascular
CXR of umbilical arterial catheter in left subclavian artery
CXR AP shows the tip of the umbilical arterial catheter to be in the left subclavian artery. The tip of the umbilical venous catheter is deep within the right atrium. The lungs show minimal ground-glass opacity.

The diagnosis was high malposition of the umbilical arterial catheter and high malposition of the umbilical venous catheter in a patient with respiratory distress syndrome.

Published