Hemopericardium with Cardiac Tamponade in Chronic Uremia

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Abstract
DURING the past thirty years the number of diverse clinical manifestations of chronic uremia appearing in the medical literature has steadily increased. Important among these is a hemorrhagic tendency characterized by normal bleeding and clotting times, normal or slightly depressed prothrombin time and prothrombin consumption, normal platelet count and a negative tourniquet test. The 2 cases discussed below represent another example of hemorrhagic tendency associated with chronic uremia — namely, hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade. They are reported because of their interest and because a fatal result may ensue if the hemopericardium is not promptly detected and treated.1 Whereas the hemorrhagic . . .

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