Key result
Echocardiography-guided pericardiocentesis successfully treated a life-threatening cardiac tamponade caused by a peripherally inserted central catheter in a preterm neonate.
Population
1 preterm neonate presenting with sudden onset deterioration requiring emergency intubation and inotropic…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May prompt urgent echocardiography in unstable preterm neonates; hypothesis-generating from single case report.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Bedside functional echocardiography enables rapid detection and life-saving intervention for cardiac tamponade in critically ill neonates.
Iyer et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Cardiac tamponade (n=1). Echocardiography-guided pericardiocentesis was evaluated on Clinical improvement and survival. Echocardiography-guided pericardiocentesis successfully treated a life-threatening cardiac tamponade caused by a peripherally inserted central catheter in a preterm neonate.
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