Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2017
4 weeks after myocardial infarction a 56-year-old patient developed acute heart pain, marked dyspnea. Objectively: the patient's condition is extremely grave, there is marked cyanosis of face, swelling and throbbing of neck veins, peripheral pulse is absent, the carotid artery pulse is rhythmic, 130/min., BP is 60/20 mm Hg. Auscultation of the heart reveals extremely muffled sounds, percussion reveals heart border extension in both directions. What is the optimal treatment tactics for this patient?
Answer options
- Oxygen inhalation
- Pleural cavity drainage
- Puncture of the pleural cavity on the left
- Conservative treatment, infusion of adrenomimetics
- Pericardiocentesis and immediate thoracotomy
Correct answer
Pericardiocentesis and immediate thoracotomy
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