Management of pericardial effusion by drainage: A survey of 10 years' experience in a city centre general hospital serving a multiracial population

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 902, 2000, Pages 809-813

  Gibbs, C R ^a   Watson, R D S ^a   Singh, S P ^a   Lip, G Y H ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Percutaneous pericardiocentesis; Pericardial effusions; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034532210     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.902.809     Document Type: Article

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