How do we safely treat pneumopericardium in a severely ill baby?

Authors

OSMAN BAŞPINAR
MEHMET BOŞNAK

DOI

10.3906/sag-1201-26

Abstract

Tension pneumopericardium in an infant is a rare but potentially fatal event. In the present study, we describe a new technique to drain the air from the pericardial sac of a critically ill baby. We performed this drainage via the subxiphoid approach in the Trendelenburg position rather than the anti-Trendelenburg position.

Keywords

Pneumopericardium, pericardiocentesis, Trendelenburg position, infant

First Page

1050

Last Page

1051

Recommended Citation

BAŞPINAR, OSMAN and BOŞNAK, MEHMET (2013) "How do we safely treat pneumopericardium in a severely ill baby?," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 43: No. 6, Article 29. https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-1201-26
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol43/iss6/29