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Last updated: 02/17/2009
BOOKS
Behrman, Richard. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 16th ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 2000.
Braunwald, Eugene. Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 6th ed. Philadelphia: W....
B. Saunders, 2001.
Cecil, Russell, J. Claude Bennett, and Lee Goldman, eds. CecilTextbook of Medicine, 21st ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 2001.
Gunn, Veronica, and Christian Nechyba, eds. The Harriet LaneHandbook: A Manual for the Pediatric House Officers, 16th ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 2002.
Marx, J. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and ClinicalPractice, 5th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, Inc., 2002.
Roberts, James. Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1998.
PERIODICALS
A.D.A.M., Inc. "Pericardiocentesis." January 31, 2003 [cited June 26, 2003]. University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Desai, K., et al. "Pericardiocentesis."eMedicine.com. April 25, 2002 [cited June 26, 2003].
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In medicine, pericardiocentesis is a procedure where fluid is aspirated from the pericardium (the sac enveloping the heart).
It is generally done under ultrasound guidance, to minimize complications. There are two locations that pericardiocentesis can be performed without puncturing the lungs.
One location is through the 5th or 6th intercostal space at the left sternal border at the cardiac notch of the left lung.
The other location is through the infrasternal angle.
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We are trying to balance those kinds of losses with the profitable side of business, which includes doing more cardiac surgeries. An emphasis has been placed on cardiac care because the medium age of residents is increasing, and more people are showing up with symptoms of heart disease.
-Kevin M. Spiegel
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