Open AccessPneumopericardium causing pericardial tamponade
Author(s) -
Fink Ryan J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3233
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumopericardium , tamponade , cardiac tamponade , pericardiocentesis , surgery , complication
Pneumopericardium can be severe enough to cause pericardial tamponade physiology. These patients can be hemodynamically unstable and require pericardial drainage.