tamponade
/ˌtæmpəˈneɪd/
noun
- A medical condition in which fluid or blood builds up in the sac around the heart, compressing the heart and preventing it from pumping blood properly.
- Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening emergency that requires immediate drainage.
- Doctors diagnosed tamponade after an ultrasound showed fluid around the heart.
- The patient with tamponade had difficulty breathing and low blood pressure.
- The use of a tampon or other material to apply pressure and stop bleeding, especially in surgery or emergency medicine.
- Nasal tamponade is sometimes used to treat severe nosebleeds.
- The surgeon performed a tamponade of the liver to control the hemorrhage.
- Tamponade with a balloon catheter can stop bleeding from a blood vessel.