title: [Low-pressure tamponade mimicking cholecystitis].
abstract: Low-pressure tamponade is rare and little known with difficult clinical recognition. We report a case of this pathology in a patient admitted for abdominal severe sepsis. Pericardiocentesis led to identification of Salmonella typhimurium pericarditis. This case report emphasizes the clinical recognition difficulty and the interest of early fast echography in case of hemodynamic emergency.
authors.affiliation: Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, HIA Percy, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, BP 406, 92141 Clamart cedex, France. isabeth84@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falzone
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Libert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pasquier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clapson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Debien
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lenoir
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged