A patient with pericarditis is experiencing cardiac tamponade. The nurse should prepare for pericardiocentesis.
What is pericarditis?
The thin, sac-like tissue surrounding the heart swells and irritates in pericarditis (pericardium). Sharp chest pain from pericarditis is common. The inflamed pericardium layers rubbing against one another are what cause the chest pain. Typically, minor cases of pericarditis resolve on their own.
What is cardiac tamponade?
Extra fluid accumulating around the heart can cause cardiac tamponade. The heart is pressed by this fluid, which makes it difficult for it to pump effectively. A medical emergency has arisen. The pericardium, a fibrous sac, encircles the heart.
What is pericardiocentesis?
Performing a pericardiocentesis is a treatment to drain fluid that has accumulated in the sac surrounding the heart (pericardium). The procedure involves draining extra fluid using a needle and tiny catheter. Around the heart is a fibrous sac called the pericardium.
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