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