Cardiac Tamponade
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Management of Patients with Structural, Infectious, and Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders — Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing▶ 36:14The inflammation leads to fluid accumulation, a pericardial effusionAnd if enough fluid accumulates, it restricts the heart's ability to fill, which leads to the emergency condition of cardiac tamponadeAnd chronic episodes can cause scarring and thickeningNursing Care of the Child With an Alteration in Perfusion/Cardiovascular Disorder — Essentials of Pediatric Nursing▶ 17:50If you suddenly see the chest tube output abruptly stop, especially if the child's heart rate goes up and maybe their filling…You worry about cardiac tamponadeExactlyShock, Sepsis & MODS — Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems▶ 3:10and ultimately low blood pressureOther causes, things like severe cardiac tamponade where fluid squeezes the heart, or maybe acute valve problems, anything that really cripples the…So if the heart's failing like that, what would we as nurses actually see in the patient