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* Viral pericarditis | * Viral pericarditis | ||
:* '''CMV pericarditis''' | :* '''CMV pericarditis''' | ||
::* Preferred regimen: [[immunoglobulin]] 1 time per day 4 ml/kg on day 0, 4, and 8; 2 ml/kg on day 12 and 16. | ::* Preferred regimen: [[immunoglobulin]] 1 time per day 4 ml/kg on day 0, 4, and 8; 2 ml/kg on day 12 and 16. | ||
Revision as of 21:40, 28 May 2015
- Viral pericarditis
- CMV pericarditis
- Preferred regimen: immunoglobulin 1 time per day 4 ml/kg on day 0, 4, and 8; 2 ml/kg on day 12 and 16.
- Note: Symptomatic treatment is given to the patients with viral pericarditis while in large effusions and cardiac tamponade pericardiocentesis is necessary. The use of corticosteroid therapy is contraindicated except in patients with secondary tuberculous pericarditis, as an adjunct to tuberculosis treatment. Drainage, if needed is done.
- Coxsackie B pericarditis
- Preferred regimen: Interferon alpha or beta 2,5 Mio. IU/m2 surface area s.c. 3×per week.
- Note: Symptomatic treatment is given to the patients with viral pericarditis while in large effusions and cardiac tamponade pericardiocentesis is necessary. The use of corticosteroid therapy is contraindicated except in patients with secondary tuberculous pericarditis, as an adjunct to tuberculosis treatment. Drainage, if needed is done.
- Adenovirus and parvovirus B19 perimyocarditis
- Preferred regimen: Immunoglobulin 10 g intravenously at day 1 and 3 for 6–8 hours
- Note: Symptomatic treatment is given to the patients with viral pericarditis while in large effusions and cardiac tamponade pericardiocentesis is necessary. The use of corticosteroid therapy is contraindicated except in patients with secondary tuberculous pericarditis, as an adjunct to tuberculosis treatment. Drainage, if needed is done.