M. Jarnalo1,2, P. Videira Reis1, R. Horta1,2
1 Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Burn Unit, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Oporto, Portugal 2 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oporto, Oporto, Portugal
Summary
Indwelling intravascular catheters are important tools in the care of critically ill patients; however, they have an inherent risk of infection or thromboembolic events. Reports on catheter associated thromboembolic events in burn units are rare, despite being well recognized that burn patients bear an increased baseline risk for thromboembolic events. We describe two catheter-associated thromboembolic complications in burn patients in a burn unit and the morbidity associated with these events. Patients with endovascular catheters in burn units may be at increased risk for severe thromboembolic events associated with intravascular catheters, but specific guidelines for prevention and management of these patients are still missing.
Key words
burn unit – endovascular catheter – arterial thrombosis – venous thrombosis
Jarnalo M, Videira Reis P, Horta R. Reports on vascular catheter-associated thromboembolic events in a burn unit – a gap in the literature? Acta Chir Plast 2024; 66 (1): 31–33. doi: 10.48095/ccachp202431