TY - JOUR T1 - Intrapericardial streptokinase in purulent pericarditis JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 275 LP - 277 DO - 10.1136/adc.80.3.275 VL - 80 IS - 3 AU - Rajnish Juneja AU - Shyam S Kothari AU - Anita Saxena AU - Rajesh Sharma AU - Anuradha Joshi Y1 - 1999/03/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/80/3/275.abstract N2 - 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. ER -