C 19 Patients with pleuritic pain should have chest radiography to evaluate for underlying pneumonia. C 9 Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs should be used to control pleuritic pain. [aafp.org]

Pleuritic pain. Pulmonary infarction. Peptic ulcer disease or oesophagitis. Investigations ECG Serial ECGs are sometimes helpful in detecting these changes, in cases of diagnostic difficulty or in monitoring the development of cardiac tamponade. [patient.info]

Pleuritic pain has some elements in common with pericarditis, but the pain is located at the sides of the chest. Pericarditis may coexist with pleuritis (pleuropericarditis), and pain therefore has mixed characteristics. [revespcardiol.org]

Diagnosis is based on the presence of two of the following: chest pain, pericardial friction-rub, ECG changes (new widespread ST-elevation or PR depression) and pericardial effusion. [icrjournal.com]

Its main clinical manifestations are: chest pain, pericardial friction rub and fever. [dialnet.unirioja.es]

The condition typically presents with fever, pleuritic chest pain, and a pericardial friction rub heard on auscultation. [amboss.com]

friction rub (highly specific) ECG: diffuse ST elevation and PR depression these findings may be masked by ECG changes from recent MI /- fever (low-grade) Treatment Viral and idiopathic cases NSAIDs Colchcine Peri-infarction pericarditis (PIP) High-dose [compendiumapp.com]

This patient developed the pleuropericardial friction rub after dialysis was instituted, so it did not appear to be a uremic manifestation. [cjasn.asnjournals.org]

Pericardial Disorders The pericardium is a membrane, or sac, that surrounds your heart. It holds the heart in place and helps it work properly. Problems with the pericardium include Pericarditis - an inflammation of the sac. [icdlist.com]

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Systemic corticosteroids are usually reserved for those with autoimmune disease. [16] Prognosis [ edit ] One of the most feared complications of acute pericarditis is cardiac tamponade. [en.wikipedia.org]

These patients present with recurrent nephrolithiasis and progressive renal insufficiency with cardiovascular, neurologic, and skeletal morbidity from tissue deposition of oxalate in these organs. ESRD usually develops in children and young adults. [cjasn.asnjournals.org]