Pericardial Tamponade

Beck's Triad 

1. Hypotension 

2. Jugular venous distension 

3. Muffled heart sounds 

Patient will be complaining of dyspnea and chest pain

 - PE will show muffled heart sounds, JVD and hypotension (Beck’s triad), pulsus paradoxus 

 - ECG will show low voltage QRS, electrical alterans

 - Echocardiography will show diastolic collapse of RV

 - Treatment is pericardiocentesis



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