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Pericarditis Flashcards

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Identify three causes of acute pericarditis

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  • Viral pericarditis
  • Post MI pericarditis (Dressler’s syndrome)
  • Uraemic pericarditis
  • Bacterial pericarditis
  • Tuberculous pericarditis
  • Fungal pericarditis
  • Malignant pericarditis
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Identify two causes of a pericardial effusion

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  • Tuberculous pericarditis

- Malignant pericarditis

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Identify three risk factors for pericarditis

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  • Male sex
  • Age 20 to 50 years
  • Cardiac surgery
  • Viral and bacterial infections
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Identify three clinical features of acute pericarditis

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  • Sharp retrosternal pain relieved by sitting forward
  • Pericardial friction rub heard during expiration
  • Referred pain to left shoulder, arm or abdomen
  • Fever
  • Arthralgia
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Identify three clinical features of chronic constrictive pericarditis

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  • Kussmaul’s sign (rise in JVP during inspiration)
  • Pulsus paradoxus (fall in BP during inspiration)
  • Systemic venous congestion (ascites, hepatomegaly, peripheral oedema)
  • Pulmonary venous congestion (dyspnoea, cough, orthopnoea).
  • Fatigue
  • Hypotension
  • Tachycardia
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What is seen on ECG in acute pericarditis?

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  • Saddle shaped ST elevation

- ST elevation inn leads aVR and V1

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What is seen on ECG in chronic pericarditis?

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  • Low voltage QRS complexes

- T wave inversion

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What is seen on CXR and echo in acute pericarditis?

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  • Cardiomegaly
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What is seen on CXR and echo chronic pericarditis?

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  • Small heart
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Identify three differential diagnoses of pericarditis

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  • Myocardial infarction
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Pneumothorax
  • Costochondritis
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What is the management of pericarditis?

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  • Bed rest
  • NSAIDs
  • Corticosteroids for immune causes where there is a risk of recurrence
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Identify three clinical features of cardiac tamponade

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  • Cough
  • Breathlessness
  • Dysphagia
  • Hoarseness
  • Pulsus paradoxus
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What is Beck’s triad?

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  • Collection of 3 clinical signs found in cardiac tamponade
  • Hypotension
  • Muffled heart sounds
  • Distended jugular veins
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What is seen on ECG in cardiac tamponade?

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  • Electric alternans

- Low voltage QRS complexes

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What is seen on CXR in cardiac tamponade?

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  • Cardiomegaly
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Identify three differential diagnoses of pericarditis

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  • Constrictive pericarditis
  • Restrictive cardiomyopathy
  • Cardiogenic shock
17
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Outline the treatment of cardiac tamponade

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  • Pericardiocentesis
  • Vancomycin and gentamicin when TB or malignant purulent pericardial effusion is suspected
  • Pericardial window to allow slow release of fluid

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