RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intrapericardial streptokinase in purulent pericarditis
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 275
OP 277
DO 10.1136/adc.80.3.275
VO 80
IS 3
A1 Rajnish Juneja
A1 Shyam S Kothari
A1 Anita Saxena
A1 Rajesh Sharma
A1 Anuradha Joshi
YR 1999
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/80/3/275.abstract
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.