Pericardial effusion impending tamponade: a look beyond Beck's triad

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-219

  Jacob, Sony ^a   Sebastian, Justin C ^b   Cherian, Prasad K ^a   Abraham, Aril ^a   John, Sinoj K ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 65349172920     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.01.056     Document Type: Article

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