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A full-term healthy neonate with respiratory distress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2018

I. Nederlof ,
A. A. W. Roest  and
J. S. Starreveld
I. Nederlof
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, the Netherlands
A. A. W. Roest
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
J. S. Starreveld*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, the Netherlands
*
Correspondence to: J. S. Starreveld, MD, Groene Hart Ziekenhuis, Bleulandweg 10, 2803 HH Gouda, the Netherlands. Tel: 0182 50 50 09; Fax: 0182 5057 00; E-mail: Sander.Starreveld@ghz.nl
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Abstract

Pneumopericardium, defined as air in the pericardial cavity, is a rare condition with potentially severe complications and mortality. In the neonatal period, pneumopericardium is associated with prematurity, very low birth weight, and assisted ventilation. We report the occurrence of spontaneous pneumopericardium in a healthy full-term neonate who did not receive any supportive ventilation.

Keywords

Neonatologypneumopericardiumspontaneous
Type
Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , March 2018 , pp. 500 - 501
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© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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