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Rev. cuba. pediatr ; 85(3): 398-403, jul.-set. 2013.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-687740

ABSTRACT

La pericarditis purulenta se define como la ocupación del saco pericárdico por fluido purulento. Es una enfermedad de curso letal si no se trata con prontitud; la mortalidad varía de 2 a 20 por ciento. La combinación de antibioticoterapia y drenaje pericárdico provee los mejores resultados clínicos, sin embargo, existe controversia en relación con el momento y la vía para realizarlo. Algunos enfermos desarrollan adherencias pericárdicas que producen constricción con repercusión hemodinámica por compromiso del llenado diastólico de las cavidades cardíacas derechas. Se presenta un paciente masculino, de 4 años de edad y 13 kg de peso corporal, con el diagnóstico de pericarditis purulenta de un mes de evolución, con signos de respuesta inflamatoria sistémica y compromiso hemodinámico por pericarditis constrictiva. Se intervino quirúrgicamente de urgencia para realizar pericardiectomía y drenaje del absceso mediastinal. Se comentan la prevención y la conducta ante esta grave complicación


Purulent pericarditis is defined as the occupation of the pericardial sac by the purulent effusion. It is a lethal disease if not treated as early as possible since the mortality rate ranges 2 to 20 percent. The combination of antibiotics and pericardial drainage provides the best clinical results; however, there are controversies about the time and the way of performing these actions. Some patients develop pericardial adhesions that may cause constriction with hemodynamic repercussion due to compromised dyastolic filling of the right heart cavities. Here is a male 4 years-old patient weighing 13 kg, who was diagnosed with purulent pericarditis of one month of evolution and presented signs of systemic inflammation and hemodynamic compromise due to constrictive pericarditis. He was operated on at the emergency service to perform pericardiectomy and mediastinal abscess drainage. The prevention of this problem and the behavior to be followed to manage this serious complication were commented on in this report


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Humans , Male , Child, Preschool , Drainage/methods , Pericarditis, Constrictive/surgery , Pericarditis, Constrictive/prevention & control , Pericardiectomy/methods
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