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26.09.2016 | Images in Anesthesia
Late diagnosis of post-traumatic ruptured pericardium with cardiac herniation
verfasst von:
Fabrice Cook, MD, Roman Mounier, MD, Mathieu Martin, MD, Gilles Dhonneur, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Excerpt
A 52-yr-old woman was found wandering in the lobby of a hotel with an apparently isolated head trauma. Because of rapid deterioration of her neurologic status (Glasgow Coma Scale, 4; unilateral dilated pupil), the patient was intubated, sedated, and transferred to our trauma centre. Computed tomography (CT) examination of her head revealed an isolated acute subdural hematoma. Urgent surgical evacuation was performed uneventfully. Clinical examination revealed no other obvious traumatic lesions though chest radiography showed a small, left-sided pleural effusion. …