Hepatic hydropericardium

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-112

  Cheung, Ting Kin ^a,b   Tam, William ^a   Bartholomeusz, Dylan ^a   Harley, Hugh ^a   Johnson, Richard ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascites; Cirrhosis; Hydropericardium; Hydrothorax; Pericardial effusion; Tamponade

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEPATIC HYDROPERICARDIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PARACENTESIS; PARADOXICAL PULSE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERITONEAL DISEASE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SODIUM RESTRICTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 1642439118     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03128.x     Document Type: Article

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