DELAYED HEMOPERICARDIUM AND CARDIAC-TAMPONADE AFTER UNRECOGNIZED CHEST TRAUMA

Authors
BOWERS P HARRIS P TRUESDELL S STEWART S
Citation
P. Bowers et al., DELAYED HEMOPERICARDIUM AND CARDIAC-TAMPONADE AFTER UNRECOGNIZED CHEST TRAUMA, Pediatric emergency care, 10(4), 1994, pp. 222-224
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric emergency care → ACNP
ISSN journal
07495161
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
222 - 224
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-5161(1994)10:4<222:DHACAU>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Delayed hemopericardium after blunt chest wall trauma in children is r are and difficult to recognize before overt signs of cardiac tamponade . We present a 21-month-old girl who developed a late hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade after initially unrecognized blunt chest wall i njury.