TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 16. Pericardial Window Procedures A1 - Grocott, Hilary P. A1 - Gulati, Harleena A1 - Mackensen, G. Burkhard A2 - Barbeito, Atilio A2 - Shaw, Andrew D. A2 - Grichnik, Katherine PY - 2012 T2 - Thoracic Anesthesia AB - Patients presenting for pericardial drainage procedures require a thorough, but often urgent, preoperative evaluation in order to understand the etiology of the effusion and any associated hemodynamic instability, such as tamponade.Echocardiography plays a central role in the diagnosis of effusion and pericardial tamponade and can guide drainage.Thoracoscopic procedures and subxiphoid approaches are the most common techniques for definitive drainage of pericardial effusion. However, ultrasound-guided needle pericardiocentesis can be used for emergent drainage in the unstable patient.The anesthetic technique needs to be tailored to the individual patient characteristics, but can be accomplished successfully with inhalational, as well as intravenous induction techniques. The hemodynamic goals of augmented preload with maintenance of afterload, contractility, and heart rate should be targets. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56785347 ER -