Why the study?
Does instillation of triamcinolone hexacetonide via prolonged pericardial drainage improve recovery and prevent recurrence in patients with intractable uremic pericarditis?
Population
5 patients with intractable uremic pericarditis out of a cohort of 74 patients on long-term hemodialysis
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
1 to 15 months
Authors
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May support intrapericardial triamcinolone for intractable uremic pericarditis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
Does instillation of triamcinolone hexacetonide via prolonged pericardial drainage improve recovery and prevent recurrence in patients with intractable uremic pericarditis?
Intrapericardial instillation of triamcinolone hexacetonide with prolonged drainage may be an effective, non-surgical alternative for managing intractable uremic pericarditis.
Thomas J. Fuller (1976) studied this question.
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