A Rapid Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis and Treatment of Tamponade in a Patient With Rare and Lethal Purulent Pericarditis: A Case Report.

• Tác giả: Autumn N Bass, Charlotte Derr, James Gillen, Sean Lynch
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 627.12 Rivers and streams
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Cureus , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 51945

Tóm tắt

This article describes the prompt diagnosis and life-saving intervention facilitated by point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in a patient presenting with tamponade secondary to a rare case of purulent pericarditis. Within a remarkable timeframe of only 40 minutes from emergency department (ED) presentation to pericardial drainage, POCUS not only confirmed the diagnosis but also expedited critical treatment measures. The etiology of the underlying purulent pericardial effusion was traced to a