ALLMedicine™ Pericardiocentesis Center

Jul 26th, 2021 - Pericardiocentesis is the invasive percutaneous procedure for acute and chronic excessive accumulation of pericardial fluid. There is a paucity of data on the effectiveness and safety of pericardiocentesis in children. To evaluate the effectivenes...

Jul 25th, 2021 - Outcomes-based data regarding the management of hospitalized U.S. patients with acute idiopathic pericarditis (AIP) are lacking. This study sought to elucidate the clinical and economic outcomes associated with the inpatient care of AIP. Cohort st...

Jul 21st, 2021 - Pericardial decompression syndrome (PDS) is defined as paradoxical hemodynamic deterioration associated with left, right, or bi-ventricular dilation and systolic dysfunction following pericardiocentesis. It is uncommon yet under-recognized, underr...

Jul 3rd, 2021 - Point-of-care ultrasound can improve efficacy and safety of pediatric procedures performed in the emergency department. This article reviews ultrasound guidance for the following pediatric emergency medicine procedures: soft tissue (abscess incisi...

Jun 17th, 2021 - Pericardiocentesis is an effective treatment for cardiac tamponade, but there are risks, including haemorrhagic events, cardiac perforation, pneumothorax, arrhythmia, acute pulmonary oedema and so on. Mediastinal effusion caused by puncture is rar...

Jun 4th, 2018 - RFCA was started as a rhythm control of atrial fibrillation about 10 years before and the superiority of RFCA to medical treatment has been continuously reporting, so RFCA is globally performed nowadays. Acute pericardial effusion could occur duri...

May 1st, 2018 - The Second Investigation of the Management of Pericarditis (IMPI-2) Trial will compare the effectiveness and safety of complete percutaneous pericardial drainage facilitated by intrapericardial alteplase (recombinant human tissue-type plasminogen ...

Dec 6th, 2018 - Cardiac Arrest in ESRD Patients with ESRD may have sudden cardiac arrest as a result of several etiologies. During the advance cardiac life support algorithm, there is a brief period of evaluation of the electrical rhythm in which echocardiography.

Nov 10th, 2017 - Pericardiocentesis In the event of obstructive shock or pulseless electric activity with visualized or suspected tamponade, pericardiocentesis is considered standard of care. There are many approaches to performing a pericardiocentesis, including.

Oct 24th, 2017 - A patient with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) came to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Australia, after 2 weeks of dyspnea. He was diagnosed with cardiac tamponade and received urgent pericardiocentesis.

Sep 18th, 2017 - Pericardial effusions are common sequelae of acute pericarditis. The presence of systemic arterial hypotension, tachycardia, elevated jugular venous pressure, and/or pulsus paradoxus (a decrease in systolic arterial pressure of more than 10 mm Hg ...

Nov 30th, 2016 - Action Points Early removal of pericardial drains after cardiac tamponade complicating atrial fibrillation catheter ablation appears to be safe and effective, with patients monitored for ongoing bleeding, according to a single-center, retrospectiv...