| Tension pneumopericardium in a preterm infant without mechanical ventilation: a rare cause of cardiac arrest. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 9560047 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
A preterm infant with a gestational age of 32 weeks developed a tension pneumopericardium during the second day of life. The infant was treated with nasal continuous positive airway pressure and was not mechanically ventilated before pneumopericardium occurred. After emergency pericardiocentesis, two recurrences of pneumopericardium without clinical deterioration were diagnosed by X-ray during a 2-d observation period. A continuous pericardial drainage was positioned and was successfully removed on the seventh day of life after weaning from the ventilator. Tension pneumopericardium may occur even in non-ventilated newborns and should be considered as a rare but important differential diagnosis of cardiac arrest. |
| | |
Authors:
|
M Heckmann; W Lindner; F Pohlandt |
Related Documents
:
|
18974027 - Permissive hypercapnia to decrease lung injury in ventilated preterm neonates. 20684177 - Benefits of high frequency oscillatory ventilation for premature infants. 1727337 - Benign gaseous distension of the bowel in premature infants treated with nasal continuo... 23255857 - High incidence of rickets in extremely low birth weight infants with severe parenteral ... 3687237 - Obstructive intramural haematoma--a rare cause of mechanical ileus in children. 14566197 - Clinical management of perinatal depression: focus on paroxetine. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) Volume: 87 ISSN: 0803-5253 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Paediatr. Publication Date: 1998 Mar |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 1998-06-18 Completed Date: 1998-06-18 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 9205968 Medline TA: Acta Paediatr Country: NORWAY |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 346-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Paediatrics, University of Ulm, Germany. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Disease-Free Survival Heart Arrest / diagnosis, etiology*, therapy Humans Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature, Diseases / etiology*, radiography, therapy Pericardiectomy Pneumopericardium / complications*, radiography, therapy Positive-Pressure Respiration |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Early detection of necrotizing enterocolitis by gastrointestinal tonometry.
Next Document: Coexistence of acquired protein S and protein C deficiency and the Arg506Gln mutation in factor Va i...