A case report of the transport of an infant with a tension pneumopericardium.

Neonatal pneumopericardium is a potentially fatal complication of positive-pressure ventilation and has become rare with the advent of surfactant replacement therapy. The clinical diagnosis, stabilization, treatment, and nursing care of an infant with pneumopericardium has not previously been discussed in the nursing literature. In this case report, delays in the recognition and definitive treatment of the pneumopericardium were encountered, resulting in the transport of an infant with a tension pneumopericardium and pneumoperitoneum. Root-cause analysis is used to identify contributing factors and examine system changes necessary to prevent the transport of another patient with a similar potentially life-threatening condition. Pneumopericardium should be suspected in any infant with an acute deterioration, especially in the presence of normal, equal breath sounds and muffled heart sounds, because prompt recognition and definitive treatment may be life-saving.

Cardiac tamponade resulting from pneumopericardium: case report and implications for the critical care nurse.

Pneumopericardium resulting in cardiac tamponade may be caused by a variety of phenomena. The onset of cardiac tamponade can indicate the presence of a rare underlying condition. As a rare complication of mechanical ventilation and PEEP, our patient experienced pneumopericardium that resulted in cardiac tamponade. Perhaps the most crucial therapy of all is astute critical care nursing assessment of patients at risk of developing the life-threatening complication of cardiac tamponade. All critical care nurses should know the signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade. Through accurate data collection, frequent monitoring, and immediate referral to the critical care team for medical diagnosis and treatment, a patient's death can be prevented.

Neumopericardio como complicacion de absceso pulmonar informe de un caso / Pneumopyopericardiun how complication of the pulmonary abscess information about a case

Se presenta un caso de neumopericardio secundario a un absceso pulmonar en una paciente del Hospital del Nino de la ciudad de La Paz, se senalan los hallazgos clinicos y se revisa la literatura acerca de absceso pulmonar y neumopericardio, remarcando la falta de informes que comenten esta complicacion.