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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Overview
Natural History
Compications
- Only symptomatic pleural effusions or effusions larger than 50% of hemithorax require thoracentesis or chest tube drainage.
- Most resolve spontaneously.
- Postcardiac injury syndrome (PCIS)
- A general term for fever and pleuropericardial disease days or months after cardiac injury (myocardial infarction or surgery).
- Typically present two to three weeks post op.
- Chest pain
- Pericardial rub
- Fever
- Leukocytosis
- Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
- Variable combinations of pulmonary effusions and infiltrates.
Prognosis
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complications and prognosis