| 11. | Open surgical drainage of fluid though effective in preventing cardiac tamponade was associated with more deaths.
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| 12. | However, during cardiac tamponade, this is the case.
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| 13. | The condition may remain asymptomatic or may progress to life-threatening conditions like tension pneumopericardium or cardiac tamponade.
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| 14. | Pulsus paradoxus occurs not only with severe cardiac tamponade, but also with asthma, obstructive sleep apnea and croup.
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| 15. | Other causes of cardiac tamponade may also require surgical intervention, although emergent treatment at bedside may be adequate.
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| 16. | Her electrocardiogram showed small spikes that alternated in shape _ a classic sign of cardiac tamponade called electrical alternans.
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| 17. | "Kendrick, she's in cardiac tamponade!
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| 18. | Mediastinal pseudocysts, a rare form of pancreatic pseudocysts in the abdomen, may cause dysphagia, dyspnea, airway obstruction, or cardiac tamponade.
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| 19. | This compression, called cardiac tamponade, is often associated with hemopericardium and can be fatal if not diagnosed and treated promptly.
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| 20. | While hemopericardium itself is not deadly, it can lead to cardiac tamponade, a condition that is fatal if left untreated.
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