• In vivo · Mar 2018

    Determinants of Survival After Emergency Intrapericardial Cisplatin Treatment in Cancer Patients with Recurrent Hemodynamic Instability After Pericardiocentesis.

    • Szymon Darocha, Michał Wilk, Anna Walaszkowska-Czyż, Jarosław Kępski, Rafał Mańczak, Marcin Kurzyna, Adam Torbicki, and Sebastian Szmit.
    • Department of Pulmonary Circulation, Thromboembolic Diseases and Cardiology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, European Health Centre, Otwock, Poland.
    • In Vivo. 2018 Mar 1; 32 (2): 373-379.

    BackgroundPericardial effusion is associated with high mortality in oncology. The etiology of infectious pericarditis and iatrogenic effects of previous radio-/chemotherapy may be always suspected, especially when a subsequent episode is observed.Patients And MethodsThe study included 17 hemodynamically-unstable patients with cancer due to recurrent pericardial bloody effusion after previous pericardiocentesis and analyzed survival determinants after intrapericardial chemotherapy with cisplatin.ResultsThe mortality rate was not significantly associated with the level of N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide, low hemoglobin (<12 g/dl), elevated white blood cell account (>104/μl), large volume (>1500 ml) and long duration (>8 days) of pericardial drainage, cardiac arrhythmias, positive culture test results nor fever occurring during cisplatin administration. Subsequent systemic anticancer therapy was the strongest factor determining a longer survival (hazard ratio(HR)=0.31, 95% confidence interval(CI)=0.11-0.9; p=0.03).ConclusionEfficacy of rescue intrapericardial chemotherapy with cisplatin is independent of parameters of hemodynamic instability and levels of inflammatory markers in recurrent pericardial effusion.Copyright© 2018, International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved.

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