Acute pericarditis: therapy
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relief of pain and resolution of inflammation and effusion
do this by using NSAIDs, steroids
10-30% of patients develop either recurrent or incessant disease
High risk patients are admitted—indications include…
cardiac tamponade
no response to NSAID rx
high fever
pericardial effusion
immunosuppressed
acute trauma
Pericardial effusion
you can’t tell on a chest x-ray, really
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