Cardiac hazard associated with eating habits. A case of infected intrapericardial foreign body due to an ingested toothpick

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Lacroix, Stéphanie ^a   Ferland, Annie ^b   Gilbert, Philippe ^a   Lemieux, Michel ^a   Bilodeau, Luc ^c   Poirier, Paul ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pericarditis; Septicemia; Toothpick injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CEFOPERAZONE; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; EATING HABIT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEVER; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; GASTROSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAPERICARDIAL FOREIGN BODY; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEPTICEMIA; SWEATING; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUODENUM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEART ATRIUM; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENUM; FOOD HABITS; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RECURRENCE; THORACOTOMY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 67849121364     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70518-5     Document Type: Letter

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