TY - JOUR
T1 - Pneumopericardium complicating respiratory distress syndrome
T2 - Role of conservative management
AU - Behrman, Richard E.
AU - Pomerance, Jeffrey J.
AU - Weller, Michael H.
AU - Richardson, C. Joan
AU - Soule, Judith A.
AU - Cato, Allen
PY - 1974/6
Y1 - 1974/6
N2 - This report describes three infants with RDS who survived the occurrence of pneumopericardium. Two of them required only conservative management without pericardiocentesis. It is recommended that infants with RDS who develop pneumopericardium but have not progressed to the point of cardiac decompensation be managed conservatively. An effort should be made to minimize those forces (IPPV, PEEP, INPV, CPAP, CNCP) which may cause and perpetuate air leak into the pericardial sac.
AB - This report describes three infants with RDS who survived the occurrence of pneumopericardium. Two of them required only conservative management without pericardiocentesis. It is recommended that infants with RDS who develop pneumopericardium but have not progressed to the point of cardiac decompensation be managed conservatively. An effort should be made to minimize those forces (IPPV, PEEP, INPV, CPAP, CNCP) which may cause and perpetuate air leak into the pericardial sac.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3476(74)80774-2
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3476(74)80774-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 4597000
AN - SCOPUS:0016193959
SN - 0022-3476
VL - 84
SP - 883
EP - 886
JO - The Journal of Pediatrics
JF - The Journal of Pediatrics
IS - 6
ER -