PNEUMOCOCCAL PERICARDITIS PRESENTING AS AN OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST

Authors
WASS AR MANN M WILSON JI
Citation
Ar. Wass et al., PNEUMOCOCCAL PERICARDITIS PRESENTING AS AN OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST, Journal of accident & emergency medicine, 14(4), 1997, pp. 261-263
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Journal of accident & emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
13510622
Volume
14
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
261 - 263
Database
ISI
SICI code
1351-0622(1997)14:4<261:PPPAAO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Serious complications of pneumococcal pneumonia have become uncommon w ith effective antibiotic treatment. Purulent pericarditis is a rare th ough well described complication of untreated pneumococcal sepsis. A c ase of untreated pneumococcal pneumonia complicated by purulent perica rditis is described. This presented as an out of hospital asystolic ca rdiopulmonary arrest.