Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis
(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) Researchers from South Africa and Canada have carried out a Cochrane review update to assess the safety and effectiveness of corticosteroids for treating tuberculous pericarditis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - September 14, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Pericarditis May Signal Occult Cancer Pericarditis May Signal Occult Cancer
An observational study shows a link between pericarditis and incident cancer diagnosis within 3 months, suggesting pericarditis may be the first sign of a malignancy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Acute Quadriplegia in a Patient With Bacterial Pericarditis Acute Quadriplegia in a Patient With Bacterial Pericarditis
This case demonstrates the urgency of accurately diagnosing intramedullary spinal cord abscess. What is the preferred imaging modality when this rare lesion is suspected?Applied Radiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
The Five Deadly Causes of Chest Pain Other than Myocardial Infarction
Calls for chest pain are exceedingly common in EMS and result in more than 8 million ED visits yearly in the United States.1 Of these, almost 1 million may have an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and about a third of these will have a myocardial infarction (MI).2
Although the vast majority of chest pain patients don't have either ACS or another emergency, EMS providers must be experts in recognizing all of the potential lethal causes of chest pain.
In this article we'll discuss common presentations of ACS and then review the five other acute deadly causes of chest pain: aortic dissection, pericarditis with tamponade, esopha...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - December 30, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Ashley Brown, MD Tags: Cardiac & Resuscitation Source Type: news
Electrical injury-induced complete atrioventricular block: is permanent pacemaker required? - Beton O, Efe TH, Kaya H, Bilgin M, Dinc Asarcikli L, Yilmaz MB.
A considerable percentage of electrical injuries occur as a result of work activities. Electrical injury can lead to various cardiovascular disorders: acute myocardial necrosis, myocardial ischemia, heart failure, arrhythmias, hemorrhagic pericarditis, acu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Pericarditis in a Renal Transplant Recipient on Sirolimus Therapy
Campylobacter species are curved, motile, microaerophilic, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative rods. The genus Campylobacter includes 22 species, with Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli, and Campylobacter fetus being the most common species causing human disease. A variety of animals are implicated as reservoirs for Campylobacter spp., and human infections usually follow ingestion of improperly handled or cooked food, primarily poultry products (1). In Europe, campylobacteriosis is the most prevalent zoonotic disease in humans, and its estimated incidence has remained constant over the past several years (2). (Source: C...
Source: Clinical Microbiology Newsletter - October 25, 2015 Category: Microbiology Authors: Isabel Fradejas, Francisco Lopez-Medrano, Esther González-Montes, Angeles Orellana, Fernando Chaves Tags: Case Report Source Type: news
Concern about rise in UK Lyme disease cases
"Surging numbers of people are being diagnosed with Lyme disease as cases spread from rural areas to the suburbs," the Daily Mail reports. The ongoing rise in Lyme disease cases in the UK – thought to be driven by climate change, leading to warmer winters – has been known by public health officials for some time. Reported cases in England and Wales rose from 268 in 2001 to 959 in 2011, but the true figure is thought be much higher. Current estimates put the actual figure at around 3,000 cases a year in England and Wales.It may also be the case that the disease is, as the Mail puts it, "moving into t...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice QA articles Source Type: news
Constrictive pericarditis long after a gunshot wound - Choi JH, Uhm JS, Lee SE, Chun KH, Lee HJ, Lee SH, Hong GR, Lee MH.
Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon post-inflammatory disorder characterized by a variably thickened, fibrotic, and frequently calcified, pericardium. Etiology of the constriction can occur for many reasons. Although foreign bodies are not the common ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 15, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Lupus Pericarditis Yields to Gout Drug (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Colchicine resolved pericarditis in a small French study of lupus patients. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - July 24, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Aspirin-induced acute liver injury - Laster J, Satoskar R.
We report a 41-year-old female with pericarditis who was treated with high-dose aspirin and developed subsequent acute l... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 15, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Acute Pericarditis Case, Exaggerated Health News, Illinois Hospitalist Opportunities (FREE)
By The Editors
NEJM Group offers so many valuable resources for practicing clinicians. Here's what we chose for you today:NEJM Clinical Practice Center: A previously healthy 25-year-old … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 24, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
More Transforming Negative Self-Talk: Practical, Effective Exercises
“I can’t believe you just did that. How could you have said something so stupid? I mean, seriously, how could you be such an idiot? Where did you graduate from again? Did you graduate? You shouldn’t be here. You’re dangerous.”
It was my second shift as an intern in the ER and I was telling my attending about the most recent case I had seen, a young man with chest pain, so that we could come up with a treatment plan. I had suggested he might have viral pericarditis, an inflammation of the tissues surrounding the heart.
The attending had raised his eyebrows slightly. “Mmm, probably not,” he said, explaining ...
Source: Psych Central - November 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Megan Riddle Tags: Anxiety Book Reviews General Memory and Perception Self-Esteem Self-Help Neuro Linguistic Programming Nlp Steve Andreas transforming negative self-talk Source Type: news
Is Enterovirus D68 A New Virus?
Discussion
Enteroviral infections are RNA viruses including Coxsackieviruses A and B, Echoviruses and Enteroviruses. They are common and spread by respiratory secretions, fecal-oral contamination and fomites. They commonly occur in summer and fall in temperate climates but are less seasonally seen in the tropics. Hand hygiene is especially important to prevent infection. The incubation period is usually 3-6 days. The viruses are best isolated from the throat, stool and rectal swab specimens but other infectious sites can also be used for viral isolation. Treatment is supportive. Infants, children and teens are more likely ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 20, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Global Pericarditis Therapeutics Clinical Trials Market 2014 Analysis...
This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Pericarditis.(PRWeb September 30, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/pericarditis-clinical/trials-market-h2-2014/prweb12211168.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 30, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Small Study Finds Anakinra Effective in Refractory PericarditisSmall Study Finds Anakinra Effective in Refractory Pericarditis
Anakinra is an effective treatment for adults with resistant idiopathic recurrent pericarditis, according to a new 10-patient study. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news
