Delayed hemopericardium due to trivial chest trauma
Date
1998
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Cambridge Univ Press
Abstract
We report two cases of hemopericardium occurring in seven-month-old and 12-year-old boys, who had no history of major trauma. The possible cause of the hemopericardium for the infant was falling from a bed which was 75 cm high two weeks prior to the admission. The 12-year-old boy had fallen from a chair and damaged his chest 4 weeks previously. Their coagulation tests were all normal. By means of pericardiotomy, we drained 120 ml and 1200 ml of blood, respectively. The boys have now been well over follow-up periods of 24 and 18 months, respectively.
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Cardiovascular system & cardiology, Pediatrics, Blunt chest trauma, Children, Hemopericardium, Echocardiography, Cardiac-tamponade, Blunt
Citation
Çil, E. vd. (1998). "Delayed hemopericardium due to trivial chest trauma". Cardiology in the Young, 8(3), 390-392.