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balloon tamponade

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tamponade /tam·pon·ade/ (tam″po-nād´)
1. surgical use of a tampon.
2. pathologic compression of a part.
balloon tamponade  esophagogastric tamponade by means of a device with a triple-lumen tube and two inflatable balloons, the third lumen providing for aspiration of blood clots.
cardiac tamponade  compression of the heart caused by increased intrapericardial pressure due to collection of blood or fluid in the pericardium.
esophagogastric tamponade  the exertion of direct pressure against bleeding esophageal varices by insertion of a tube with a balloon in the esophagus and one in the stomach and inflating them.
Esophagogastric tamponade, using Sengstaken-Blakemore tube.
balloon tamponade
Etymology: Fr, tamponnade
a procedure in which a device consisting of a flexible tube and two balloons is inserted into a passageway and the balloons are expanded to restrict the flow of blood or to force open a stenosis. See also balloon angioplasty.
balloon tamponade
Emergency medicine A hemostatic procedure for upper GI bleeding using a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube inflated in the stomach, which anchors the device in the desired location Indications Bleeding esophageal varices or any persistent esophageal hemorrhage. See Sengstaken-Blakemore tube.


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