PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rajnish Juneja
AU  - Shyam S Kothari
AU  - Anita Saxena
AU  - Rajesh Sharma
AU  - Anuradha Joshi
TI  - Intrapericardial streptokinase in purulent pericarditis
AID  - 10.1136/adc.80.3.275
DP  - 1999 Mar 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 275--277
VI  - 80
IP  - 3
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/80/3/275.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/80/3/275.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1999 Mar 01; 80
AB  - Six consecutive children with proven purulent pericarditis were treated with pericardial irrigation with streptokinase. Mean (SD) 861 (678) ml (range 240–2000) of thick purulent fluid was drained, and five children had complete clearance of the pus within 3–8 days. One child developed intrapericardial haemorrhage with a submitral pseudoaneurysm and underwent patch closure of the neck of the aneurysm as well as anterior pericardiectomy. Follow up of 13 to 30 months revealed no pericardial constriction.