Causes of increased pericardial effusion include hypothyroidism, physical trauma ( either penetrating trauma involving the pericardium or blunt chest trauma ), pericarditis ( inflammation of the pericardium ), iatrogenic trauma ( during an invasive procedure ), and myocardial rupture.
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New evidence suggests that keeping chest tubes free of clogging with an active clearance using the PleuraFlow device can significantly reduce Retained Blood Syndrome, the composite of tamponade, hemothorax, and pleural effusions and pericardial effusions as well as postoperative atrial fibrillation.
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An accumulation of as little as 75 ml of blood, acquired acutely in a patient without pre-existing pericardial effusion, is sufficient to produce tamponade ( wherein the ventricles are incapable of filling and are thus incapable of producing adequate stroke volume ).
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The purpose of the window is to allow a pericardial effusion ( usually malignant ) to drain from the space surrounding the heart into the chest cavity where the fluid is not as dangerous; an untreated pericardial effusion can lead to cardiac tamponade and death.
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The purpose of the window is to allow a pericardial effusion ( usually malignant ) to drain from the space surrounding the heart into the chest cavity where the fluid is not as dangerous; an untreated pericardial effusion can lead to cardiac tamponade and death.
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In June 2010, Hitchens was on tour in New York promoting his memoirs " Hitch-22 " when he was taken into emergency care suffering from a severe pericardial effusion and then announced he was postponing his tour to undergo treatment for esophageal cancer.
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RBC is a composite term describing one or more single or combined complications ( acute, sub-acute and chronic ) such as cardiac tamponade, hemothorax, bloody pleural and pericardial effusions, and fibrothorax which occur in 15-25 % of cardiac surgery patients.
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For those presenting with acute shortness of breath, ultrasound assessment of the lung, heart, and IVC can evaluate for potentially life-threatening diseases, including pneumothorax, significant pleural effusions, congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema, pericardial effusion, and some large pulmonary emboli.
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Critical OHSS includes enlarged ovary, tense ascites with hydrothorax and pericardial effusion, hematocrit > 55 %, WBC > 25, 000, oligoanuria, creatinine > 1.6 mg / dl, creatinine clearance < 50 ml / min, renal failure, thromboembolic phenomena, and ARDS.
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Measuring LDH in fluid aspirated from a pleural effusion ( or pericardial effusion ) can help in the distinction between exudates ( actively secreted fluid, e . g . due to inflammation ) or transudates ( passively secreted fluid, due to a high hydrostatic pressure or a low oncotic pressure ).
