Cardiac Tamponade: Sensitivity and Specificity
Introduction: Tamponade is an important diagnosis to recognize because of its potential to cause life-threatening hypotension. However, note that hypotension is only present in 24% of patients, at least initially!
[Most of the studies are asking the question: of patients with pericardial effusions, which ones have hemodynamic compromise, i.e. tamponade?]
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The sensitivity and specificity of findings for Cardiac Tamponade are listed below. See the left navigation bar to change the display.