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Acute pericarditis

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine, 1999
Most patients with severe acute pericarditis should be hospitalized for complete diagnosis and observation for complications, particularly effusion and tamponade. Therapy should be directed at a specific inciting etiologic agent, if identified. In all patients, anti-inflammatory and symptomatic treatment should aim at alleviating pain, fever, and ...
, Mewar   +3 more
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Acute pericarditis

The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1985
There are many causes of acute pericarditis (inflammation of the pericardium) and diagnosis is often difficult owing to the dynamic nature of the disease. History and physical examination, augmented by radiographic and ECG studies, will allow the diagnosis to be made in the majority of cases.
B E, Mabey, R M, Walls
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Acute pericarditis

La Revue du praticien, 2008
This chapter investigates acute pericarditis. The pericardium serves to protect the heart from physiologic changes in intracardiac pressure related to respiration and postural change, and it may also augment the mechanical function of the cardiac chambers.
Richard A. Martinello, Michael Cappello
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