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Pericardial effusion with tamponade: bedside ultrasonography saves another life

Authors: Javier Rosario, Rohan Mangal, Jessica Houck, Mary Cate Slome, Latha Ganti

Published in: International Journal of Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2020

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In these video clinical images, the authors present the cause for an elderly gentleman’s shortness of breath. It was presumed to be an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a condition for which he was in the process of being evaluated. However, bedside ultrasonography revealed a large pericardial effusion with tamponade. This timely diagnosis resulted in the patient being taken expeditiously to the operating room and saving his life.

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Title: Pericardial effusion with tamponade: bedside ultrasonography saves another life
Authors: Javier Rosario
Rohan Mangal
Jessica Houck
Mary Cate Slome
Latha Ganti
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Dyspnea
Pericardiocentesis
Dyspnea
Published in: International Journal of Emergency Medicine / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1865-1372
Electronic ISSN: 1865-1380
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-019-0257-4

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