5-Minute Emergency Consult
Pericarditis
Basics
Description
Description
- Inflammation, infection, or infiltration of the pericardial sac surrounding the heart:
- Pericardial effusion may or may not be present
- Acute pericarditis:
- Rapid in onset
- Potentially complicated by cardiac tamponade from effusion
- Constrictive pericarditis:
- Results from chronic inflammation causing thickening and adherence of the pericardium to the heart
Etiology
Etiology
- Idiopathic (most common)
- Viral:
- Echovirus
- Coxsackie
- Adenovirus
- Varicella
- Epstein–Barr virus
- Cytomegalovirus
- Hepatitis B
- Mumps
- HIV
- Bacterial:
- Tuberculosis
- Staphylococcus
- Streptococcus
- Haemophilus
- Salmonella
- Legionella
- Fungal:
- Candida
- Aspergillus
- Histoplasmosis
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Blastomycosis
- Nocardia
- Parasitic:
- Amebiasis
- Toxoplasmosis
- Echinococcosis
- Neoplastic:
- Lung
- Breast
- Lymphoma
- Uremia
- Myocardial infarction:
- Dressler syndrome
- Connective tissue disease:
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Radiation
- Chest trauma
- Postpericardiotomy
- Aortic dissection
- Myxedema
- Pancreatitis
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Amyloidosis
- Drugs:
- Procainamide
- Cromolyn sodium
- Hydralazine
- Dantrolene
- Isoniazid
- Penicillins
- Doxorubicin/daunorubicin
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Citation
Schaider, Jeffrey J., et al., editors. "Pericarditis." 5-Minute Emergency Consult, 6th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307439/all/Pericarditis.
Pericarditis. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2020. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307439/all/Pericarditis. Accessed November 5, 2024.
Pericarditis. (2020). In Schaider, J. J., Barkin, R. M., Hayden, S. R., Wolfe, R. E., Barkin, A. Z., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (Eds.), 5-Minute Emergency Consult (6th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307439/all/Pericarditis
Pericarditis [Internet]. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, Wolfe RER, Barkin AZA, Shayne PP, Rosen PP, editors. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2020. [cited 2024 November 05]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307439/all/Pericarditis.
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