食道心包膜廔管 Esophago-pericardial fistula


<臨床情境>

一位65歲女性,主訴為胸痛喘好幾天因為心包膜積液被從楊梅天成轉診至本院

檢傷Vital signs: T/P/R: 35.8/184/34, BP: 無法測量, E3V2M5 SpO2: 74%

外院CT看到Massive pericardial effusion with tamponade 因而轉診

打過一支Adenosine and then amiodarone 1PC, continuous drip


過去病史: Esophageal rupture s/p OP? ; DM; HTN

理學檢查: clear conscious; bilateral decreased breathing sound

Lab: WBC 15200; Hb 8.8; INR 2.4sec; Cr 1.75; CRP 249; Lact 143 BNP 2462 

ABG PH 6.97 PCO2 24.1 HCO3 5.4

CXR and EKG:



Bedside echo: massive pericardial effusion, IVC no collapse > 50%

Impression: 

1. Cardiac tamponade, s/p pericardiocentesis 

2. Acute respiratory failure, s/p ETT+MV

3. Sepsis, focus undetermined 

4. Acute kidney injury

5. Severe metabolic acidosis, favored lactate acidosis

Admit to MICU, but persistent shock even after pericardiocentesis

After reviewing her history (Previous hx of esophageal cancer s/p gastric tube and reconstruction, septic shock and purulent pericardial effusion, neo-esophagus pericardial fistula with pericarditis and septic shock is suspected. CVS was consulted and gastric tube take down then esophagostomy and jejunostomy was done. The patient is still under admission)


<問題一: 是否第一時間插管?>

ANS: 根據目前研究,因Intubation increases intra-thoracic pressure and decreases venous return, threshold for intubation and PPV should be raised in patients with cardiac tamponade

<問題二: Metformin associated lactate acidosis何時要洗腎?>

How to identify MALA?

  • Patients with MALA had higher lactate (14.7 versus 5.9 mmol/L)

  • Lactate >8.4 mmol/L, creatinine >2.9 mg/dL, and history of metformin use had a specificity of 99 percent for MALA in patients

Jusomin的泡法及滴法:

133meq NaHCO3 in 1L D5W run 250ml/hr → 33.25 meq/hr 

一包CVVH B 250ml, 7% ≈ 200meq → 200meq in 250ml run ? ml/hr = 33.25 ml/hr, 

? ≈ 40 ml/hr ≈ 2PC jusomin / hr 若根據uptodate給法 可CVVH每小時run40cc/hr或每小時兩支    

H/D indication for acute or chronic severe metformin poisoning: 

  • Severely elevated serum lactate concentration (>20 mmol/L ≈ 181 mg/dL)

  • Severe metabolic acidosis (pH ≤7.0)

  • Failure to improve (as determined by pH, lactate concentration, or clinical status) with supportive care and bicarbonate therapy within two to four hours.


<問題三: Cardiac tamponade>

Definition: Chamber compliance ↓↓; Systemic venous return↓↓; Cardiac output↓↓

Etiology: Idiopathic, infectious, Autoimmune, neoplasm, metabolic, drug, Cardiac, trauma, metabolic

Diagnosis: “Clinical diagnosis”, based on PE and history

History and physical examination including

  • Chest pain, syncope, dyspnea, tachycardia, hypotension, peripheral edema, jugular vein engorgement, pulsus paradoxus

Ultrasound finding

  • Pericardial effusion, RV diastolic phase collapse, IVC dilatation

Response to pericardiocentesis – 若有則仍高度懷疑cardial tamponade

Acute VS Subacute cardiac tamponade


<問題四: Emergent pericardiocentesis>

Location

  • Most pericardial fluid in end-diastole

  • Least amount of interfering structures

  • 找好點之後,上下左右掃一圈,確定進針路徑沒有別的東西

Common approaches: 

  1. Subxiphoid/Subcostal: 

  • Steeper angle, longer path, 

  • High risk of injury to cardiac chamber, liver; Less risk of pneumothorax

  • Can be done during OHCA circumstance

  1. Intercostal, lateral (apical): 

  • Puncture above the rib

  • Risk of pneumothorax and ventricular puncture

  • 1-2 cm medially to the border of lung margin

  1. Intercostal, medial (parasternal):

  • Puncture above the rib

  • Risk of pneumothorax and injury to LIMA (Left internal mamillary artery)

  • 3-5 cm lateral to the sternum to avoid LIMA injury

During puncture:

  • Head up 30-45⁰(+/- left lateral decubitus)

  • 2-D echocardiogram for guide 

  • Lidocaine for analgesia 

  • Advanced 18 gauze needle cautiously 

  • Aspiration the effusion, advanced 1mm more to fixed in the pericardial space 

  • Seldinger’s technique, inserted dilator and pig-tail 

If VPCs or pulsatile blood flow occurs, 退出並祈禱沒事

Contraindication: 幾乎沒有,好處遠大於壞處

Absolute:

  • Few, often needs operation

  • Aortic dissection(有爭議) 

Relative:

  • Therapeutic anticoagulation

  • Thrombocytopenia (PLT<20,000) 

Surgical indication:

  • Acute intrapericardial bleeding due to either acute aortic dissection

  • Free-wall rupture due to infarction or iatrogenic

  • Hemopericardium with thrombus

  • Failure of pericardiocentesis 

  • Traumatic cardiac tamponade

<問題五: Esophago-pericardial fistula (EPF)>

Cause: Chronic esophagitis, foreign body ingestion with perforation, Iatrogenic, Malignancy

Clinical presentation: Chest pain, dyspnea, fever, shock, pneumopericardium, Purulent pericarditis 

Diagnosis and Management: Clinical suspicion + CT/esophagogram(CT: pericardium有空氣)

  • Broad spectrum antibiotics 

  • Pericardial effusion drainage 

  • Non-surgical – esophageal stenting (主流)

  • Surgical - esophagogastric resection with re-anastomosis


Edited by Andy Mao / Ting-Hao Yang


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