See Also: lassa haemorrhagic fever(medicine)
Lassa fever(medicine)
Haemorrhagic fever(medicine)
Central venous pressure(medicine)
central venous line(medicine)
central venous catheter(medicine)
catheterization, central venous(medicine)
Central venous line(health)
Catheter, central venous(health)
haemorrhagic fever virus(medicine)

central venous catheter (medicine) and lassa haemorrhagic fever (medicine)


central venous catheter (medicine)


central venous catheter
<equipment> A small, flexible plastic tube inserted into the large vein above the heart, usually the subclavian vein, through which access to the blood stream can be made. This allows drugs and blood products to be given and blood samples withdrawn painlessly.

Some of the catheters have more than one lumen (double or triple) and can be used to administer more than one drug simultaneously. Such catheters can be left in place for many weeks to months. The main complications are sepsis or infection, and the risk of thrombosis.

Synonym: central line.


lassa haemorrhagic fever (medicine)


lassa haemorrhagic fever -->
lassa fever


A severe form of epidemic fever first identified in Lassa, Nigeria. It is caused by the Lassa virus, a member of Arenaviridae. The illness is characterised by high fever, sore throat, muscle aches, skin rash (with haemorrhages), headache, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. A rat serves as a reservoir for the illness, but person to person transmission is also reported.