Bilateral Hydrothorax and Pneumomediastinum Caused by Parenteral Nutrition Extravasation From A Jugular Vein Venous Central Catheter: A Rare Presentation Of Acute Respiratory Failure

Abstract

1. Background

Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) is the most widely used system to artificially feed patients due to impaired oral intake secondary to insufficient or predictably deficient intestinal absorption [1].