An Analysis of Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Hemopericardium Using Autopsy Data From a County Medical Examiner

Garrett Klutts; Kyle Kalkwarf; David Meyer; Yijiong Yang; Dwayne A. Wolf; Avi Bhavaraju; Joseph Margolick; Katy Marino; Ron Robertson; Stacy A. Drake

doi:10.1177/00031348221086805

An Analysis of Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Hemopericardium Using Autopsy Data From a County Medical Examiner

Garrett Klutts, Kyle Kalkwarf, David Meyer, Yijiong Yang, Dwayne A. Wolf, Avi Bhavaraju, Joseph Margolick, Katy Marino, Ron Robertson, Stacy A. Drake

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The volume of hemopericardium requiring hemodynamic changes in the trauma patient is not well understood. We performed a study using autopsy data from trauma patients who died with hemopericardium (>20 mL). Of 1848 traumatic deaths, 54 had hemopericardium at autopsy. The median pericardial blood in this group was 150 mL, which is more than the previously assumed volume to be lethal in trauma patients. Therefore, it may be appropriate to redefine the estimated volume required to cause lethal hemopericardium in trauma patients.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1909-1911
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Surgeon
Volume	88
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348221086805
State	Published - Aug 2022

Keywords

cardiac tamponade
hemopericardium
trauma

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Surgery

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