Keimyung Med J.  2016 Jun;35(1):25-29. 10.0000/kmj.2016.35.1.25.

Uremic Pericarditis Accompanying Cardiac Tamponade after Emergency Hemodialysis

• Park HY
• Kang SS
• Kim YR
• Kwon OH
• Jin KB
• Han SY
• Park SB
• Park WY

• KMID: 2307743
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/kmj.2016.35.1.25

Abstract

Although the incidence of uremic pericarditis was high in the past, it has decreased in recent decades with early and appropriate dialysis. However, cardiac tamponade caused by uremic pericarditis is still a life-threatening emergency and it requires urgent management. Herein we report a case of 38-year-old man with chronic renal disease who represented critical uremic pericarditis followed by cardiac tamponade despite of appropriate hemodialysis. Careful consideration of risk factors and aggressive treatment are very important for effective and safe treatment of uremic pericarditis and cardiac tamponade.

Keyword

Cardiac tamponade; Pericardial effusion; Pericardiocentesis; Renal replacement therapy; Uremi

MeSH Terms

Adult
Cardiac Tamponade*
Dialysis
Emergencies*
Humans
Incidence
Pericardial Effusion
Pericardiocentesis
Pericarditis*
Renal Dialysis*
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Renal Replacement Therapy
Risk Factors