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- Title
Delayed recurrent pericarditis complicated by pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade in a blunt trauma patient.
- Authors
Khidir, Hazar H.; Bloom, Jordan P.; Hawkins, Alexander T.
- Abstract
A 19-year-old male suffered orthopedic fractures, blunt solid organ injury and pneumopericardium after a fall from 40 feet. With the exception of an external fixation device, he was managed non-operatively and discharged to a rehabilitation unit after 8 days. He was readmitted 4 days later with chest pain and clinical evidence of pericardititis that resolved with the initiation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and colchicine. He returned to the rehabilitation hospital, but was readmitted once again for chest pain and hypotension. Echocardiogram revealed cardiac tamponade that required emergent drainage. He tolerated the procedure well and was discharged home from the hospital to continue treatment for his pericarditis. He is doing well at 3 months of follow-up.
- Subjects
PERICARDIUM diseases; PERICARDIAL effusion; CARDIAC tamponade; HEART diseases; BLUNT trauma
- Publication
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma & Shock, 2015, Vol 8, Issue 1, p49
- ISSN
0974-2700
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0974-2700.150398