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A “friendly” system for pericardial drainage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

E. da Cruz and
D. Carbognani
E. da Cruz*
Affiliation:
Service of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, H.C.I. International Medical Centre, Clydebank, United Kingdom
D. Carbognani
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Centre Médico-Chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy, Paris, France
*
Eduardo da Cruz, MD, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist & Intensivist, H.C.I. International Medical Centre, Beardmore Street, Clydebank, G81 4HX, UK; Tel: 44 (0) 141 951 5000; Fax: 44 (0) 141 951 5744; E-mail: dr.eduardo.dacruz@hci.co.uk
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Abstract

We describe an alternative to the water-seal system, suitable for drainage of pericardial and eventually pleural effusions, which has been shown to safe, effective, not painful, and rather “friendly”, providing patients with a smoother clinical course.

Keywords

pericardial effusionpericardiocentesisdrainage system

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Brief Reports
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 2000, pp. 52 - 53
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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