Cardiac tamponade due to pneumopericardium

Pneumopericardium is rare in acute asthma and cardiac tamponade has not been reported. The case is reported of a 20 year old asthmatic patient in whom assisted ventilation and high airway pressures resulted in tension pneumopericardium with clinical signs of cardiac tamponade that were relieved by p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Thorax 1988-06, Vol.43 (6), p.482-483
Hauptverfasser:	Johnston, S L, Oliver, R M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adult Asthma - complications Biological and medical sciences Cardiac Tamponade - etiology Cardiology. Vascular system Diseases of the pericardium Female Heart Humans Medical sciences Pericardium - diagnostic imaging Pneumopericardium - complications Pneumopericardium - diagnostic imaging Pneumopericardium - etiology Positive-Pressure Respiration - adverse effects Radiography
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Zusammenfassung:	Pneumopericardium is rare in acute asthma and cardiac tamponade has not been reported. The case is reported of a 20 year old asthmatic patient in whom assisted ventilation and high airway pressures resulted in tension pneumopericardium with clinical signs of cardiac tamponade that were relieved by pericardial aspiration.
ISSN:	0040-6376 1468-3296
DOI:	10.1136/thx.43.6.482