Pericardiocentesis: ultrasound guidance is essential

BACKGROUND: Pericardial effusion is a common entity which may have important implications in patient’s prognosis. In several cases, pericardiocentesis is indicated for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. CASE PRESENTATION: A blind pericardiocentesis failed in a 95-year-old woman admitted to the...

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Autores principales: Blanco, Pablo, Figueroa, Liliana, Menéndez, María Fernanda, Berrueta, Belén
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35157176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00259-5
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Figueroa, Liliana
Menéndez, María Fernanda
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description BACKGROUND: Pericardial effusion is a common entity which may have important implications in patient’s prognosis. In several cases, pericardiocentesis is indicated for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. CASE PRESENTATION: A blind pericardiocentesis failed in a 95-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department with a large pericardial effusion incidentally diagnosed in the ambulatory setting. Ultrasound-guided pericardiocentesis aided in easily accessing to the pericardial cavity, without periprocedural complications. CONCLUSIONS: Ultrasound-guided pericardiocentesis is simple, safe and effective, and should replace the blind technique. This procedure should be part of the armamentarium of ultrasound-guided practices of emergency or critical care physicians. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13089-022-00259-5.
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spelling pubmed-88443392022-02-23 Pericardiocentesis: ultrasound guidance is essential Blanco, Pablo Figueroa, Liliana Menéndez, María Fernanda Berrueta, Belén Ultrasound J Case Report BACKGROUND: Pericardial effusion is a common entity which may have important implications in patient’s prognosis. In several cases, pericardiocentesis is indicated for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. CASE PRESENTATION: A blind pericardiocentesis failed in a 95-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department with a large pericardial effusion incidentally diagnosed in the ambulatory setting. Ultrasound-guided pericardiocentesis aided in easily accessing to the pericardial cavity, without periprocedural complications. CONCLUSIONS: Ultrasound-guided pericardiocentesis is simple, safe and effective, and should replace the blind technique. This procedure should be part of the armamentarium of ultrasound-guided practices of emergency or critical care physicians. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13089-022-00259-5. Springer International Publishing 2022-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8844339/ /pubmed/35157176 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00259-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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title_full Pericardiocentesis: ultrasound guidance is essential
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35157176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00259-5
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