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Do all pericardial effusion need to be drained even if they are moderate to large in size. what is the criteria when determining if drainage is neede?
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Other than for: diagnostic reasons if there is not tamponade physiology and the patient is asymptomatic without hemodynamic compromise it can be observed clinically and followed by diagnostic studies without having to drain it.
Answered 4/22/2016
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