Case Report and Review of Management of Penetrating Trauma and Cardiac Pericarditis. Issue 3 (May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thomas, Elizabeth; Golden, Pamela; Moran, Vicki
• Is Part Of: Journal of trauma nursing. Volume 24:Issue 3(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-05
• Subjects: ECG -- Penetrating Trauma -- Pericarditis; Emergency nursing -- Periodicals; Emergencies -- Nursing -- Periodicals; Soins infirmiers en situation d'urgence -- Périodiques; Lésions et blessures -- Périodiques; Emergencies -- nursing -- Periodicals; Wounds and Injuries -- nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Traumatology -- Periodicals; Societies, Nursing -- Periodicals; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1097/JTN.0000000000000287
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1078-7496

Abstract

Abstract : Acute pericarditis is the most common form of pericardial disease worldwide and it has many potential etiologies. This case study examines a patient admitted for multiple gunshot wounds who developed acute pericarditis postpericardial drain removal. The initial penetrating abdominal trauma, along with facial injuries and a suspected myocardial infarction, led to confusion in which the initial etiology of pericarditis was missed, creating a delay in overall patient care and extended length of stay.