title: [Pericarditis in a general hospital].
abstract: The authors studied 57 patients with pericarditis in the Ward of Internal Medicine of the University of São Paulo from January 1993 through May 1995. A comparison was made with the results of a similar study performed in the same hospital in 1989. Increasing frequency of pericarditis was verified. Tuberculosis, formerly the most frequent etiologic agent, decreased while neoplastic diseases became more common.
authors.affiliation: Clínica Geral e Propedêutica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Faintuch
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Friedmann
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications*