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Pediatr Emerg Care. 1994 Aug;10(4):222-4.

Delayed hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade after unrecognized chest trauma.

Pediatric emergency care

P Bowers, P Harris, S Truesdell, S Stewart

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, New York.

PMID: 7937301

Abstract

Delayed hemopericardium after blunt chest wall trauma in children is rare and difficult to recognize before overt signs of cardiac tamponade. We present a 21-month-old girl who developed a late hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade after initially unrecognized blunt chest wall injury.

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