Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade secondary to brodifacoum toxicosis in a dog.
Hemorrhage resulting from ingestion of anticoagulant rodenticides may be evident at any traumatized site or in any body cavity. It is important for clinicians to include coagulopathies among the differential diagnoses for pericardial effusion and to evaluate clotting function before routine pericardiocentesis is performed.
Petrus
D J
DJ
Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
Henik
R A
RA
D015110:4-Hydroxycoumarins / Q000506:poisoning*; D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000662:veterinary; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D004285:Dogs; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010314:Partial Thromboplastin Time / Q000662:veterinary; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D011802:Quinidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000662:veterinary; D012378:Rodenticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D010837:Vitamin K 1 / Q000627:therapeutic use
D015110:4-Hydroxycoumarins; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D012378:Rodenticides; D010837:Vitamin K 1; D008012:Lidocaine; C013418:bromfenacoum; D011802:Quinidine