Pneumopericardium: Difference between revisions
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**Mechanical ventilation complication | **Mechanical ventilation complication | ||
**SCUBA diving/rapid ascent | **SCUBA diving/rapid ascent | ||
**Drug | **Drug insufflation (especially associated with crack [[cocaine]]) | ||
*[[Asthma]] | *[[Asthma]] | ||
*Valsalva | *Valsalva | ||
* | *Infection [[pericarditis]] with gas-producing bacteria | ||
*Thoracic surgery | *Thoracic surgery | ||
*Pericardial fluid drainage | *Pericardial fluid drainage | ||
*[[Blast injury]] | *[[Blast injury]] | ||
*Blunt or | *Blunt or penetrating [[Thoracic trauma]] | ||
*Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome | *Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome | ||
Revision as of 19:09, 8 March 2019
Background
- Generally secondary to connection between pericardium and pleural cavity, bronchi, or GI tract
- Most often found following trauma, severe asthma exacerbation, strangulation, or forceful drug insufflation
Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Causes of pneumopericardium
- GI malignancy
- PUD
- Esophageal diverticula
- Barotrauma
- Mechanical ventilation complication
- SCUBA diving/rapid ascent
- Drug insufflation (especially associated with crack cocaine)
- Asthma
- Valsalva
- Infection pericarditis with gas-producing bacteria
- Thoracic surgery
- Pericardial fluid drainage
- Blast injury
- Blunt or penetrating Thoracic trauma
- Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome