Case Report: Early signs of tamponade may be detected by cardiac point-of-care ultrasound

Autor: Michael Cenkowski, Amer M. Johri, Raveen Pal, Jennifer Hutchison
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: POCUS Journal, Vol 2, Iss 3 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2369-8543
DOI: 10.24908/pocus.v2i3.13284
Popis: A 35-year-old male with a past medical history of end stage renal disease on hemodialysis and a chronic pericardial effusion secondary to dialysis presented to the Emergency Room (ER) with a 2-week history of a flu-like illness and pleuritic chest pain. He was compliant with dialysis three times per week. His blood pressure was 150/85 mmHg with a heart rate of 85 beats per minute and the remainder of his vital signs were stable. Pulsus paradoxus was not present.
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