Lung Collapse Secondary to Massive Pericardial Effusion in Adults: Two Case Reports

We present two cases of respiratory insufficiency due to left lung collapse secondary to massive pericardial effusion. Both patients had pericardial effusion due to their underlying disease. Radioimaging showed compression of the left bronchus. Patients got symptomatic relief after pericardiocentesi...

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Autores principales: Manhas, Yogesh, Gokhale, Antara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5879863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29657378
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_391_17
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spelling pubmed-58798632018-04-13 Lung Collapse Secondary to Massive Pericardial Effusion in Adults: Two Case Reports Manhas, Yogesh Gokhale, Antara Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report We present two cases of respiratory insufficiency due to left lung collapse secondary to massive pericardial effusion. Both patients had pericardial effusion due to their underlying disease. Radioimaging showed compression of the left bronchus. Patients got symptomatic relief after pericardiocentesis. Follow-up imaging showed expansion of the lung. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5879863/ /pubmed/29657378 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_391_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Lung Collapse Secondary to Massive Pericardial Effusion in Adults: Two Case Reports
title_fullStr Lung Collapse Secondary to Massive Pericardial Effusion in Adults: Two Case Reports
title_full_unstemmed Lung Collapse Secondary to Massive Pericardial Effusion in Adults: Two Case Reports
title_short Lung Collapse Secondary to Massive Pericardial Effusion in Adults: Two Case Reports
title_sort lung collapse secondary to massive pericardial effusion in adults: two case reports
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5879863/
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