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imported>Robert Badgett (New page: '''Pericarditis''' is inflammation of the pericardium surrounding the heart.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2007/MB_cgi?mode=&term=pericarditis |title=Pericard...) |
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==Signs and symptoms== | ==Signs and symptoms== | ||
Published case series provide estimated of the [[sensitivity (tests)|sensitivity]] of clinical findings:<ref name="pmid7856532">{{cite journal |author=Zayas R, Anguita M, Torres F, ''et al'' |title=Incidence of specific etiology and role of methods for specific etiologic diagnosis of primary acute pericarditis |journal=Am. J. Cardiol. |volume=75 |issue=5 |pages=378–82 |year=1995 |pmid=7856532 |doi=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15028364">{{cite journal |author=Imazio M, Demichelis B, Parrini I, ''et al'' |title=Day-hospital treatment of acute pericarditis: a management program for outpatient therapy |journal=J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. |volume=43 |issue=6 |pages=1042–6 |year=2004 |pmid=15028364 |doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2003.09.055}}</ref><ref name="pmid4050698">{{cite journal |author=Permanyer-Miralda G, Sagristá-Sauleda J, Soler-Soler J |title=Primary acute pericardial disease: a prospective series of 231 consecutive patients |journal=Am. J. Cardiol. |volume=56 |issue=10 |pages=623–30 |year=1985 |pmid=4050698 |doi=}}</ref> | Published case series provide estimated of the [[sensitivity (tests)|sensitivity]] of clinical findings:<ref name="pmid7856532">{{cite journal |author=Zayas R, Anguita M, Torres F, ''et al'' |title=Incidence of specific etiology and role of methods for specific etiologic diagnosis of primary acute pericarditis |journal=Am. J. Cardiol. |volume=75 |issue=5 |pages=378–82 |year=1995 |pmid=7856532 |doi=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15028364">{{cite journal |author=Imazio M, Demichelis B, Parrini I, ''et al'' |title=Day-hospital treatment of acute pericarditis: a management program for outpatient therapy |journal=J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. |volume=43 |issue=6 |pages=1042–6 |year=2004 |pmid=15028364 |doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2003.09.055}}</ref><ref name="pmid4050698">{{cite journal |author=Permanyer-Miralda G, Sagristá-Sauleda J, Soler-Soler J |title=Primary acute pericardial disease: a prospective series of 231 consecutive patients |journal=Am. J. Cardiol. |volume=56 |issue=10 |pages=623–30 |year=1985 |pmid=4050698 |doi=}}</ref> | ||
* The pain is usually pleuritic.<ref name="pmid12622586"/> | * The pain is usually pleuritic (it hurts when one breathes in or coughs).<ref name="pmid12622586"/> | ||
* The pain is worse with laying down and is better with leaning forward.<ref name="pmid12622586"/> | * The pain is worse with laying down and is better with leaning forward.<ref name="pmid12622586"/> | ||
* The pain may | * The pain may radiate to one or both [[trapezius]] ridges.<!--="feels like it's moving from side to side?--><ref name="pmid12622586"/> | ||
* 85 percent of patients have a friction rub.<ref name="pmid15548780"/> | * 85 percent of patients have a friction rub.<!--not sure what this is-><ref name="pmid15548780"/> | ||
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
Revision as of 23:10, 21 October 2007
Pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardium surrounding the heart.[1][2][3][4]
Signs and symptoms
Published case series provide estimated of the sensitivity of clinical findings:[5][6][7]
- The pain is usually pleuritic (it hurts when one breathes in or coughs).[3]
- The pain is worse with laying down and is better with leaning forward.[3]
- The pain may radiate to one or both trapezius ridges.[3]
- 85 percent of patients have a friction rub.
- ↑ National Library of Medicine. Pericarditis. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
- ↑ Lange RA, Hillis LD (2004). "Clinical practice. Acute pericarditis". N. Engl. J. Med. 351 (21): 2195–202. DOI:10.1056/NEJMcp041997. PMID 15548780. Research Blogging.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Spodick DH (2003). "Acute pericarditis: current concepts and practice". JAMA 289 (9): 1150–3. PMID 12622586. [e]
- ↑ Troughton RW, Asher CR, Klein AL (2004). "Pericarditis". Lancet 363 (9410): 717–27. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15648-1. PMID 15001332. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Zayas R, Anguita M, Torres F, et al (1995). "Incidence of specific etiology and role of methods for specific etiologic diagnosis of primary acute pericarditis". Am. J. Cardiol. 75 (5): 378–82. PMID 7856532. [e]
- ↑ Imazio M, Demichelis B, Parrini I, et al (2004). "Day-hospital treatment of acute pericarditis: a management program for outpatient therapy". J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 43 (6): 1042–6. DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2003.09.055. PMID 15028364. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Permanyer-Miralda G, Sagristá-Sauleda J, Soler-Soler J (1985). "Primary acute pericardial disease: a prospective series of 231 consecutive patients". Am. J. Cardiol. 56 (10): 623–30. PMID 4050698. [e]