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Purulent pericarditis and pericardiac tamponade in a pregnant hemodialysis patient: A case report
Author(s) -
Adam Fatma Ulku,
Avci Begum,
Koc Mevlut
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
hemodialysis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.658
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1542-4758
pISSN - 1492-7535
DOI - 10.1111/hdi.12333
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , pericarditis , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , cardiology , pericardiocentesis , surgery , intensive care medicine
Bacterial pericarditis is rare in chronic hemodialysis and has poor prognosis. In this case, we report a pregnant hemodialysis patient who developed purulent bacterial pericarditis and pericardiac tamponade in the 28th week of her pregnancy, and who had delivered a healthy living baby.
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