Treatment of uremic pericardial effusion by local steroid instillation via subxiphoid pericardiotomy

Seven maintenance hemodialysis patients suffering from intractable uremic pericardial effusion were treated with instillation of a non-absorbable steroid, triamcinolone hexacetonide, into the pericardial sac via a large-bore catheter. The latter was placed under direct vision by subxiphoid pericardi...

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Published inJournal of dialysis Vol. 4; no. 2-3; p. 83
Main Authors Popli, S, Ing, T S, Daugirdas, J T, Stroka, G S, Osanloo, E O, Vilbar, R M, Pifarre, R, Geis, W P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1980
Subjects
Drainage
Humans
Methods
Pericardial Effusion - drug therapy
Pericardial Effusion - etiology
Pericardium
Triamcinolone Acetonide - administration & dosage
Uremia - complications
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Summary:Seven maintenance hemodialysis patients suffering from intractable uremic pericardial effusion were treated with instillation of a non-absorbable steroid, triamcinolone hexacetonide, into the pericardial sac via a large-bore catheter. The latter was placed under direct vision by subxiphoid pericardiotomy. All patients responded to the treatment while complications of the procedure were few and minor.
ISSN:0362-8558
DOI:10.3109/08860228009065330