Case Report: Early signs of tamponade may be detected by cardiac point-of-care ultrasound

A 35-year-old male with a past medical history of end stage renal disease on hemodialysis and a chronic pericardial effusion secondary to dialysis presented to the Emergency Room (ER) with a 2-week history of a flu-like illness and pleuritic chest pain. He was compliant with dialysis three times pe...

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Main Authors: Michael Cenkowski, Amer M. Johri, Raveen Pal, Jennifer Hutchison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CINQUILL Medical Publishers Inc. 2017-12-01
Series:POCUS Journal
Online Access:https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/pocus/article/view/13284