Citation

Khidir HH, Bloom JP, Hawkins AT. J. Emerg. Trauma Shock 2015; 8(1): 49-51.

Affiliation

Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts ; Department of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, INDO-US Emergency and Trauma Collaborative, Publisher Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/0974-2700.150398

PMID

25709254

Abstract

A 19-year-old male suffered orthopedic fractures, blunt solid organ injury and pneumopericardium after a fall from 40 feet. With the exception of an external fixation device, he was managed non-operatively and discharged to a rehabilitation unit after 8 days. He was readmitted 4 days later with chest pain and clinical evidence of pericardititis that resolved with the initiation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and colchicine. He returned to the rehabilitation hospital, but was readmitted once again for chest pain and hypotension. Echocardiogram revealed cardiac tamponade that required emergent drainage. He tolerated the procedure well and was discharged home from the hospital to continue treatment for his pericarditis. He is doing well at 3 months of follow-up.

Language: en