Abstract
Pericardial involvement in staphylococcal pneumonia
✓Pericardial changes was observed with telecardiography, electrocardiography and echocardiography in 24 patients with staphylococcal pneumonia. Low-voltage QRS conmlexes, elevation of ST segment in electrocardiography and cardiomegaly were seen in four patients. In echocardiographic study, pericardial effusion as observed for 15 (62.5%) patients. We observed that pericardial effusion was generally (13/15) benign and spontaneously disappeared with curing primary disease. Cardiac tamponade was developed in two of our patients who also had elektrocardiographic changes and cardiomegaly.
It is considered as an important finding that, during the course of staphylococcal pneumonia, 62.5% of cases had pericardial effusion and 8.3% had cardiac tamponade.
Stafilokoksik pnömoni tanısı İle İzlenen 24 hastada telekardlyografi, elektrokardiyografi ve ekokardiyografi ile perikardiyal değişikler incelendi. Dört hastada kardiyomegali ve elektrokardiyografide voltaj düşüklüğü, ST yüksekliği saptandı. Ekokardiyografik çalışmada ise 15 (%62. 5) hasta perikardiyal effüzyon görüldü. Perikardiyal effüzyonun genellikle (13/15) bening olduğu ve primer hastalığın tedavisi ile spontan iyileştiği gözlendi. Bu hastalardan elektrokardiyografi değişikliği ve kardiyomegali saptanan ikisinde kardiyak tamponad gelişti.
Stafilokoksik pnömonilerin seyri sırasında vakaların %62.5'inde perikardiyal effü2yon ve %8.3'ünde kardiyak tamponad saptanması önemli bir bulgu olarak değerlendirildi.
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Journal Section | Basic Medical Sciences |
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| Publication Date | December 22, 2009 |
| Submission Date | January 22, 2010 |
| Published in Issue | Year 1991 Volume: 8 Issue: 2 |
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