Fehllage Nabelvenenkatheter

Premature

newborn after placement of two umbilical venous cathetersCXR AP shows one umbilical venous catheter coursing into the right atrium, through a patent foramen ovale, into the left atrium and then into a left pulmonary vein. Another umbilical venous catheter has its tip projecting intrahepatically within the main portal vein. The umbilical arterial catheter tip is at T8.The diagnosis was high and low malposition of an umbilical venous catheter and appropriate position of an umbilical arterial catheter.

Premature

newborn after umbilical venous catheter placement. CXR AP shows the tip of the umbilical venous catheter to be in the superior vena cava. The tip of the umbilical arterial catheter projects at the level of the T6 vertebral body.The diagnosis was umbilical venous catheter malfunction with the tip of the catheter in the superior vena cava.