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Chest X-ray showing an endotracheal tube, an orogastric tube, a left-sided subclavian central venous catheter, a left-sided chest tube, and multiple superficial leads. There is additional shadow (arrow heads) that could not be accounted for.
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A chest X-ray (Figure 1) was taken shortly afterwards.
Upper abdominal X-ray showing the lost guidewire extending down the inferior vena cava on the right side of the abdomen.
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Sequentially ordered X-rays of the abdomen, pelvis, and right thigh (Figures 2, 3, and 4) revealed a J-shaped guidewire that apparently had been lost but not reported during the left subclavian CVC insertion procedure.
Pelvic X-ray showing the guidewire extending into the femoral vein in the right thigh.
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Sequentially ordered X-rays of the abdomen, pelvis, and right thigh (Figures 2, 3, and 4) revealed a J-shaped guidewire that apparently had been lost but not reported during the left subclavian CVC insertion procedure.
Right thigh X-ray showing the J-tip of the lost guidewire medial to the femur.
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Sequentially ordered X-rays of the abdomen, pelvis, and right thigh (Figures 2, 3, and 4) revealed a J-shaped guidewire that apparently had been lost but not reported during the left subclavian CVC insertion procedure.