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  • Title: Treatment of uremic pericardial effusion by local steroid instillation via subxiphoid pericardiotomy.
    Author: Popli S, Ing TS, Daugirdas JT, Stroka GS, Osanloo EO, Vilbar RM, Pifarre R, Geis WP.
    Journal: J Dial; 1980; 4(2-3):83-9. PubMed ID: 7440846.
    Abstract:
    Seven maintenance hemodialysis patients suffering from intractable uremic pericardial effusion were treated with instillation of a non-absorbable steroid, triamcinolone hexacetonide, into the pericardial sac via a large-bore catheter. The latter was placed under direct vision by subxiphoid pericardiotomy. All patients responded to the treatment while complications of the procedure were few and minor.
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