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617970

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
The case history of seven children aged 1 5/12 to 5 9/12 years with non tuberculous bacterial pericarditis, observed in the last 8 years at the University children's hospitals of Basle, Berne and Zurich is reported. The history showed febrile illness of 3--14 days duration, which led to an admission diagnosis of pneumonia, angina or pseudocroup. From the signs of heart failure and cardiomegaly on chest X-ray the differential diagnosis of myocardial disease or pericardial effusion was made. The ECG-changes were uncharacteristic, and a friction rub and pulsus paradoxus was encountered once only. The effusion diagnosis should preferably be substantiated by a non-invasive method (scintigram, echocardiogram) as diagnostic pericardiocentesis does often not allow to aspirate the thick pus through the needle. Diagnostic and therapeutic surgical pericardiotomy with consecutive drainage is therefore mandatory. Halothane should be avoided as an anesthetic for this procedure of hemodynamic reasons. With surgery and antibiotics the recovery rate in our series was 100%, and no pericardial constriction was observed on follow-up 1 to 8 years later.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0018-022X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
135-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Pericarditis purulenta in children.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article