Triage Strategy for Urgent Management of Cardiac Tamponade
Triage Strategy for Urgent Management of Cardiac Tamponade
A new step-wise scoring system has been proposed in this statement to provide additional support to clinicians about the selection of high-risk patients that would need an immediate intervention and of those patients that should be transferred to specialized institutions. Definitive treatment is pericardiocentesis or surgical drainage of pericardial effusion that are life-saving procedures. Further prospective validation of the proposed management strategy is warranted.
Conclusions
A new step-wise scoring system has been proposed in this statement to provide additional support to clinicians about the selection of high-risk patients that would need an immediate intervention and of those patients that should be transferred to specialized institutions. Definitive treatment is pericardiocentesis or surgical drainage of pericardial effusion that are life-saving procedures. Further prospective validation of the proposed management strategy is warranted.
