CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Cardiac tamponade

Question 1

what is cardiac tamponade?

Answer 1

Compression of the heart caused by fluid collecting in the sac surrounding the heart.

*when blood has leaked into the pericardial sac and it is being compressed by it because that sac can only stretch so far and when it can’t stretch anymore, it will start squeezing the heart*

Question 2

S/S:

___ Cardiac output

____CVP

____BP

_____ Heart sounds

___ neck veins

pressure in all 4 chambers…. are the can they go into shock?

• they can develop_____ with their bp?
• They can also develop what with their pulse pressure?

Answer 2

• decreased
• increased cvp
• decreased bP
• muffled/ distant heart sounds
• distended neck
• same - yes
• pulses paradoxus ( when the BP is >10 mm of expiration than on inspiration… EXAGERATED DROP IN BLOOD PRESSURE UPON INSPIRATION)
• narrow pulse pressure (smaller diff between systolic and diastolic blood pressure)

Question 3

what’s the surgery called where they drain the fluid?

Answer 3

pericardiocentesis