A knotted central venous catheter discovered at removal: when resistance should prompt imaging, not traction

Tomić Mahečić, Tina; Babić, Anđela; Balenović, Igor; Karmelić, Dora; Biličić, Lucija; Vukšić, Antonija; Bošnjak, Iva Janja; Baronica, Robert; Crkvenac Gregorek, Andrea

Croatian Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive medicine, Vol. 2 No. 1, 2026.

Letter to the Editor

A knotted central venous catheter discovered at removal: when resistance should prompt imaging, not traction

Tina Tomić Mahečić orcid.org/0000-0003-2470-6238 ; Department of Anesthesiology and ICU, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Cr *
Anđela Babić ; Department of Anesthesiology and ICU, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Policlinic Duduković Kisić, Zagreb
Igor Balenović ; Department of Anesthesiology and ICU, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Dora Karmelić orcid.org/0000-0003-2328-7764 ; Department of Anesthesiology and ICU, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Lucija Biličić ; Department of Anesthesiology and ICU, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Antonija Vukšić ; Department of Anesthesiology and ICU, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Iva Janja Bošnjak ; Department of Anesthesiology and ICU, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Robert Baronica ; Department of Anesthesiology and ICU, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Andrea Crkvenac Gregorek orcid.org/0000-0002-7790-1347 ; Department of Anesthesiology and ICU, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

* Corresponding author.

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APA 6th Edition

Tomić Mahečić, T., Babić, A., Balenović, I., Karmelić, D., Biličić, L., Vukšić, A., ... Crkvenac Gregorek, A. (2026). A knotted central venous catheter discovered at removal: when resistance should prompt imaging, not traction. Croatian Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive medicine, 2 (1), 65-67. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/348902

MLA 8th Edition

Tomić Mahečić, Tina, et al. "A knotted central venous catheter discovered at removal: when resistance should prompt imaging, not traction." Croatian Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive medicine, vol. 2, no. 1, 2026, pp. 65-67. https://hrcak.srce.hr/348902. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

Chicago 17th Edition

Tomić Mahečić, Tina, Anđela Babić, Igor Balenović, Dora Karmelić, Lucija Biličić, Antonija Vukšić, Iva Janja Bošnjak, Robert Baronica and Andrea Crkvenac Gregorek. "A knotted central venous catheter discovered at removal: when resistance should prompt imaging, not traction." Croatian Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive medicine 2, no. 1 (2026): 65-67. https://hrcak.srce.hr/348902

Harvard

Tomić Mahečić, T., et al. (2026). 'A knotted central venous catheter discovered at removal: when resistance should prompt imaging, not traction', Croatian Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive medicine, 2(1), pp. 65-67. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/348902 (Accessed 21 July 2026)

Vancouver

Tomić Mahečić T, Babić A, Balenović I, Karmelić D, Biličić L, Vukšić A, et al. A knotted central venous catheter discovered at removal: when resistance should prompt imaging, not traction. Croatian Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive medicine [Internet]. 2026 [cited 2026 July 21];2(1):65-67. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/348902

IEEE

T. Tomić Mahečić, et al., "A knotted central venous catheter discovered at removal: when resistance should prompt imaging, not traction", Croatian Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive medicine, vol.2, no. 1, pp. 65-67, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/348902. [Accessed: 21 July 2026]

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