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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Invasive Cardiol. 2012 Nov;24(11):590–593.

Table 3.

Results of pericardiocentesis and surgical drainage.

Outcome All Patients (n = 193) Surgical Drainage (n = 72 [37.3%]) Pericardiocentesis (n = 121 [62.7%]) P-Value
Complications 25 (12.9%) 19 (26.4%) 6 (4.9%) <.0001
OR 6.9 (2.6–18.2)
Repeat procedure 37 (19.2%) 2 (2.8%) 35 (28.9%) <.0001
OR 0.07 (0.01–0.30)
30-day death 37 (19.2%) 24 (19.8%) 13 (18.1%) .76
OR 1.12 (0.53–2.37)
Length of hospitalization (days) 21.2 ± 28.9 26.8 ± 28.6 17.8 ± 28.6 .037

Complications, repeat procedures, and 30-day death values are reported as number of patients (and percent of total within a treatment group). Length of stay is reported as mean ± standard deviation.