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An Unusual Cause of Clotted Blood in Epidural Catheter

Shashi Kiran, Rashmi Taneja
Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia | Vol 16, No 2 | a422 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22201173.2010.10872671 | © 2010 Copyright Status: Not provided. Contact Holding Institution to verify copyright status. Rights Holder: South African Society of Anaesthesiologists
Submitted: 03 November 2025 | Published: 01 April 2010

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Shashi Kiran,, India
Rashmi Taneja,, India

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Abstract

The failure of an epidural catheter after initially functioning well may be due to kinking, knotting or epidural catheter lumen blockage. The presence of blood in the epidural catheter is usually due to the catheter's traumatic placement or to intravascular migration. We describe an unusual cause of blood in the epidural catheter.

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Post operative analgesia, blood, epidural catheter,IVC thrombus

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