title: [Pericarditis: 5 year records of general hospital].
abstract: Among patients admitted to the therapeutic department of the general hospital for 5 years, diagnosis of pericarditis was made in 110 patients (0.44%). Among the most common causes of secondary pericarditis were: chronic renal failure (31.8%), diffuse lesion of the connective tissue (17.7%), tumor metastases to the pericardium (15.5%). Primary pericarditis was, as a rule, of tuberculous etiology. Morphologically, it was adhesive or adhesive-exudative, constrictive, exudative in 13, 4.5 and 76% of patients, respectively. Half of the patients with exudative pericarditis had 300 to 800 ml of fluid in the pericardial cavity. Typical clinical manifestations were dyspnea and tachycardia. X-ray was diagnostically valuable in pericardial exudate 300 ml and more. ECG voltage fell in exudate more than 400-500 ml. Echocardiography remains an effective tool in diagnosis of pericarditis. The treatment consisted of antibiotics, antiinflammatory therapy, evacuation of the liquid from the pericardial cavity.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Panchenko
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Korytnikov
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Dedova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006753:Hospital Records; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019152:Paracentesis; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents
vernacular_title: Perikardity (po materialam mnogoprofil'noĭ bol'nitsy).