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SUBMITTER: Busack BJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7220018 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Busack Bethany J BJ Tran Vy V Busack Christopher D CD Butts Christine J CJ
Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine 20200423 2
<h4>Case presentation</h4>An 83-year-old woman was admitted to the intensive care unit for septic shock at which point an internal jugular central venous line was placed. The patient's common carotid artery was visualized in an atypical location, lateral to the internal jugular vein. Further inspection revealed the common carotid artery travelling in a rotational trajectory around the internal jugular vein.<h4>Discussion</h4>For at least two decades, point-of-care ultrasound has become the stand ...[more]