[Pneumopericardium in newborns during artificial ventilation (author's transl)].
During a period of 4 years 5 cases of pneumopericardium were observed among 571 artificially ventilated early- and newborn babies. 4 patients died as result of cardiac tamponade, 3 of them before the pericardiocentesis could be performed. 1 infant survived by puncture of the pericardial cavity. Frequency, pathological mechanism, and diagnosis of the pneumopericardium including quick terapeutical measurements under which pericardiocentesis could be life saving, are discussed.
D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011677:Punctures; D011859:Radiography; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*
Pneumopericard bei maschinell beatmeten Neugeborenen.