The diagnostic value of pericardial aspiration at Groote Schuur hospital

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dc.contributor.authorJennison, S Hen_ZA
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dc.date.issued1990en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this MMed thesis I have reviewed retrospectively the pericardial aspirations performed between 1 July 1987 and 12th October 1989 at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. Documenting the reasons for aspiration, the complications of pericardiocentesis, and how cytologic, bacteriologic and biochemical examination of the aspirate influenced the clinicians' management of the 52 patients reviewed. The relatively low mortality of less than 2% is noted, in a procedure carried out for the relief of cardiac tamponade in 57% of the patients. A significant relationship between an ADA level higher than 51 international units per litre and a positive culture of mycobacterium tuberculosis from pericardial aspiration is demonstrated. The relatively low successful culture of mycobacterium tuberculosis (32% of the 29 patients clinically assessed as having tuberculous pericarditis) is noted, and recommendations to improve the yield from culture are made.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationJennison, S. H. (1990). <i>The diagnostic value of pericardial aspiration at Groote Schuur hospital</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Cardiology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27170en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJennison, S H. <i>"The diagnostic value of pericardial aspiration at Groote Schuur hospital."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Cardiology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27170en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJennison, S. 1990. The diagnostic value of pericardial aspiration at Groote Schuur hospital. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Jennison, S H AB - In this MMed thesis I have reviewed retrospectively the pericardial aspirations performed between 1 July 1987 and 12th October 1989 at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. Documenting the reasons for aspiration, the complications of pericardiocentesis, and how cytologic, bacteriologic and biochemical examination of the aspirate influenced the clinicians' management of the 52 patients reviewed. The relatively low mortality of less than 2% is noted, in a procedure carried out for the relief of cardiac tamponade in 57% of the patients. A significant relationship between an ADA level higher than 51 international units per litre and a positive culture of mycobacterium tuberculosis from pericardial aspiration is demonstrated. The relatively low successful culture of mycobacterium tuberculosis (32% of the 29 patients clinically assessed as having tuberculous pericarditis) is noted, and recommendations to improve the yield from culture are made. DA - 1990 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1990 T1 - The diagnostic value of pericardial aspiration at Groote Schuur hospital TI - The diagnostic value of pericardial aspiration at Groote Schuur hospital UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27170 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27170
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJennison SH. The diagnostic value of pericardial aspiration at Groote Schuur hospital. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Cardiology, 1990 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27170en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Cardiologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPericardial Effusion - diagnosisen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPericardiectomy - methodsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPericarditis - diagnosisen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPericardium - anatomy and histologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe diagnostic value of pericardial aspiration at Groote Schuur hospitalen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMMeden_ZA
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