Procedure where fluid is aspirated from the pericardium
Pericardiocentesis
ICD-9-CM
37.0
MeSH
D020519
MedlinePlus
003872
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Pericardiocentesis (PCC), also called pericardial tap, is a medical procedure where fluid is aspirated from the pericardium (the sac enveloping the heart).
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contraindications to pericardiocentesis in emergency situations where a patient is hemodynamically unstable. Pericardiocentesis is a one-off procedure...
diagnosis, although chest X-ray and EKG are also often performed. Pericardiocentesis may be diagnostic as well as therapeutic (form of treatment). Pericardial...
facilities to provide pericardiocentesis, which can be life-saving. If the person has already suffered a cardiac arrest, pericardiocentesis alone cannot ensure...
pressure on the heart preventing the ventricles from filling correctly. Pericardiocentesis is a procedure used to remove the pericardial fluid from the pericardial...
chest X-ray or a chest ultrasound, and is most commonly treated with pericardiocentesis. While hemopericardium itself is not deadly, it can lead to cardiac...
diagnosis or to relieve tamponade using a syringe in a procedure called pericardiocentesis. Some people are born with hearts that are abnormal and these abnormalities...
favored because they increase the chance of recurrent pericarditis pericardiocentesis to treat a large pericardial effusion causing tamponade Recurrent...
potentially misinterpret it as an abnormality. In the context of pericardiocentesis, a medical procedure involving the aspiration of fluid from the pericardium...
diagnosis or to relieve tamponade using a syringe in a procedure called pericardiocentesis. For cases of recurrent pericardial effusion, an operation to create...
body to function. A less common procedure that may be employed is a pericardiocentesis, which, by removing blood surrounding the heart, permits the heart...
pericarditis include antibiotic therapy, with potential adjuncts such as pericardiocentesis or pericardial window when cardiac compromise is evident. Purulent...
cricothyrotomy Needle or finger thoracostomy of tension pneumothorax Pericardiocentesis Advanced medication administration through parenteral and enteral...
other cardiac abnormalities, especially in latter trimesters, but pericardiocentesis is useful technique to reduce pleural effusion or/ and secondary disorders...
via direct laryngoscopy and use of magill forceps Thorocostomy and pericardiocentesis to relieve pneumothorax and pericardial tamponade Intravenous (IV)...
Pericardial tamponade as well as treating pericardial tamponade via pericardiocentesis has shown to cause pulmonary edema as a result of increased left-sided...
paracentesis or ascitic drain; and for pericardial effusion with pericardiocentesis. While absence of malignant cells on cytology does not completely...
Diagnosis often requires a range of diagnostic tools, including pericardiocentesis, biochemical tests, and imaging. Treatment of this disease is similar...
tamponade is treated through needle or surgical decompression. Needle pericardiocentesis can be done at the bedside. This is often the preferred therapy. A...
Countess escalates when Isobel pressures Dr. Clarkson to perform pericardiocentesis on a patient suffering from dropsy. Violet objects, believing the...
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cardiac monitoring, 12-lead ECG interpretation, ultrasound, intubation, pericardiocentesis, cardioversion, thoracostomy, and other skills such as performing...
pumping action, requiring removal using a needle under the breast bone (pericardiocentesis); hematoma at the site(s) of the puncture(s); induction of a dangerous...
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