The Intraoperative Management of Patients with Pericardial Tamponade

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-96

  O'Connor, Christopher J ^a   Tuman, Kenneth J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pericardial effusion; Pericardial tamponade; Pericardial window; Shock

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA DISSECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREATHING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHORESIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG EDEMA; PARADOXICAL PULSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIOTOMY; PERICARDIUM; PEROPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX INJURY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANESTHESIA; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 77950848890     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2010.01.011     Document Type: Review

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