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Disease Information for Pericarditis, purulent

Clinical Manifestations
Signs & Symptoms: Abnormal Heart Sounds; Abnormal Heart Sounds/Child; Acute Chest Pain; Acute Chest Pain in Children; Bilateral ankle swelling; Bilateral leg edema/swelling; Cardiomegaly/Heart dilatation; Chest Pain; Chest Pain in Children; Chest pain, substernal/midline; Diastolic sounds/knocks; Extracardiac sound; Friction rub, pericardial; Heart border dullness increased; Non-Pleuritic Chest Pain; Precordial Knock; Tachycardia/Fast heart rate
: Epigastric Pain; Upper Abdominal Pain
: Edema of Lower Extremities
: Chest pain/radiating to back; Dyspnea; Dyspnea on exertion; Lung signs/abnormality; Orthopnea; Painful cough; Rapid Breathing; Tachypnea/Increased respiratory rate
: Acutely ill patient/signs
Disease Progression: Course/Acute; Course/Acute only; Course/Fulminant/Precipitous; Course/Lethal; Course/Prognosis bad/usually
Demographics & Risk Factors
Recent Event: Recent/Pneumonia
Sex & Age Groups: Population/Male
Laboratory Tests
Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased: Pericardial Fluid Abnormal
Diagnostic Test Results
EKG (ECG): EKG/Non-specific ST-T Wave changes (ECG); EKG/Pericarditis-like ST-T segments (ECG); EKG/ST elevation (ECG); EKG/ST elevation/no reciprocal depression (ECG); EKG/ST segment elevation ant leads (ECG); EKG/ST-T changes (ECG)
: EKG/Changes/abnormalities (ECG)
CT Scan: MRI/Heart scan abnormal
X-RAY: Xray/Large heart shadow/Chest
Ultrasound: Echo/Echocardiogram Abnormal; Echo/Pericardial disease; Echo/Pericardial fluid
Associated Diseases & Rule outs
Associated Disease & Complications: Constrictive pericarditis/chronic; Death/Unanticipated; Edema; Mediastinitis, acute; Pericardial effusion; Pericarditis, acute; Tamponade, cardiac/pericardial
Disease Mechanism & Classification
Specific Agent: AGENT/Infection/Purulent/pyogenic/suppurative (ex)
Class: CLASS/Cardiovascular (category); CLASS/Pericardial disorder (ex)
: CLASS/Serosal disorder (ex)
Process: PROCESS/Infected organ/abscess (category); PROCESS/Inflammatory/infection (ex)
Treatment
Drug Therapy - Indication: RX/Antibiotic; SX/Pericardial window/Pericardotomy
Other Treatments: TX/Bed rest/therapy; TX/Pericardiocentesis.
Definition: Be the first to add a definition for Pericarditis, purulent
External Links Related to Pericarditis, purulent: Google; Wikipedia; Merck; Images; PubMed (National Library of Medicine); NGC (National Guideline Clearinghouse); Medscape (eMedicine); Harrison's Online (accessmedicine); NEJM (The New England Journal of Medicine)

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