Key result
Open surgical drainage for purulent pericarditis in children resulted in 2 deaths from sepsis and no long-term sequelae among 21 survivors followed for 4 to 24 months.
Why the study?
Does open surgical drainage and intensive care prevent mortality and long-term sequelae in children with purulent pericarditis?
Population
30 children between the ages of 3 months and 12 years with a diagnosis of purulent pericarditis confirmed by…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
4 to 24 months
Authors
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Retrospective pediatric data on drainage methods leave optimal approach and constrictive risk open; prospective studies needed before practice change.
Observational (n=30)
No
Does open surgical drainage and intensive care prevent mortality and long-term sequelae in children with purulent pericarditis?
In children with purulent pericarditis, open surgical drainage with anterior pericardiectomy was associated with survival without long-term sequelae such as constrictive pericarditis in all followed patients.
Jayashree et al. (1999) conducted an observational in Purulent pericarditis (n=30). Open surgical drainage was evaluated on Mortality and long-term sequelae. Open surgical drainage for purulent pericarditis in children resulted in 2 deaths from sepsis and no long-term sequelae among 21 survivors followed for 4 to 24 months.
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