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Frontal chest radiograph of the patient showing the tunneled internal jugular vein catheter (green arrow) projected on the left lung field. There is left-sided hemothorax
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... the blood freely flowing through the vascular access, the chest radiograph showed that catheter tip was within the lung field as against the expected location (the right atrium), and the catheter was also kinked close to the tip. The chest radiograph also showed blunting of left cardio and costophrenic angles suggestive of fluid accumulation in the pleural space [ Figure 1]. Patient's hematocrit (packed cell volume [PCV]) had dropped to 23%, the rapid reduction in hematocrit may be due to the combined effects of the blood loss into the pleural cavity, and hemodilution from the fluid given during resuscitation. ...
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