due to increased intrathoracic pressure (positive pressure ventilation and PEEP) and increased intraabdominal pressure (hemangioma of liver), may have led to the malpositioning of the catheter into the contralateral IJV. It is possible that intravascular pressure changes caused by intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV), congestive heart failure, strain-
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