Acute pericarditis: Diagnosis and management

American Family Physician

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 553-560

  Snyder, Matthew J ^a   Bepko, Jennifer ^b   White, Merima ^a  

^a Nellis Air Force Base   (United States)

^b DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; COLCHICINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFECTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PR INTERVAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PERICARDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897466927     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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