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{{Family tree| | | | | | | A01 | | | | | A01= <div style="float: left; text-align: left; width:25em; padding:1em;">'''Characterize the symptoms:'''<br>
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❑ [[Chest pain]]
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:❑ Sudden onset
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:❑ Sharp or dull, aching and pressure like
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:❑ Pleuritic (exacerbated by [[inspiration]] and [[coughing]])
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:❑ Retrosternal
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:❑ Located in the [[trapezius]] muscle ridge
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:❑ Radiation to the neck or the arms
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:❑ Affected by position (improved by sitting up and leaning forward)<br>
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:❑ No pain ([[uremia]] and [[tuberculosis]] pericarditis develop slowly)<br>
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'''Symptoms associated with pericardial effusion:'''<br>
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❑ Without a hemodynamically significant pericardial effusion<br>
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:❑ No specific symptoms
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❑ With a hemodynamically significant pericardial effusion<br>
:❑ [[Fatigue]]<br>
:❑ [[Breathlessness]]<br>
:❑ [[Orthopnea]] <br>
:❑ [[Dizziness]] <BR>
:❑ [[Hoarseness]] ([[recurrent laryngeal nerve]] compression)  <br>
:❑ [[Hiccups]] ([[phrenic nerve]] compression) <BR>
:❑ [[Abdominal pain]] ([[mesenteric ischemia]]) <BR>
:❑ [[Nausea]] ([[diaphragm]] irritation) <BR>
:❑ [[Loss of consciousness]]<br>
:❑ [[Cool extremities]]<br>
:❑ [[Peripheral cyanosis]] <br>
:❑ [[Peripheral edema]] <br>
'''Other etiology associated symptoms:'''<br>
❑ [[Fever]] (suggestive of infectious etiology)<br>
❑ [[Cough]] (suggestive of infectious etiology)<br>
❑ [[Palpitations]] <br>
❑ [[Malaise]] <br>
❑ [[Joint pains]] (suggestive of autoimmune etiology)<br>
❑ [[Odynophagia]] <br>
❑ [[Weight loss]] (suggestive of malignant etiology) </div>}}
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{{Family tree| | | | | | | B01 | | | | | B01= <div style="float: left; text-align: left; width:25em; padding:1em;">'''Obtain a detailed history:'''<br>
❑ Infections
:❑ [[Pneumonia]]
:❑ [[Tuberculosis]]
:❑ [[HIV]]
:❑ Travel history
::❑ Travel to  Central or South America ([[Chagas disease]])
::❑ Travel to  Central Asia or South Africa or South America ([[Tuberculosis]])<ref name="pmid23968879">{{cite journal| author=| title=WHO launches World health report 2013. | journal=Euro Surveill | year= 2013 | volume= 18 | issue= 33 | pages= 20559 | pmid=23968879 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23968879  }} </ref>
::❑ Travel to  North and Central America, such as Ohio and Mississippi River valleys ([[Histoplasmosis]])
::❑ Travel to  North America ([[Blastomycosis]]) <br>
❑ [[Pericarditis causes#Causes by Organ System|Medications]]
:❑ [[5-Fluorouracil]]
:❑ [[Amiodarone]]
:❑ [[Anticoagulants]]
:❑ [[Cyclosporine]]
:❑ [[Cyclophosphamide]]
:❑ [[Cytarabine]]
:❑ [[Daunorubicin]]
:❑ [[Doxorubicin]]
:❑ [[Drug-induced lupus erythematosus causes|Drug-induced lupus erythematosus]]
:❑ [[Methysergide]]
:❑ [[Penicillins]]
:❑ [[Sulfa drugs]]
:❑ [[Thiazides]]
:❑ [[thrombolysis|Thrombolytic agents]]
❑ Systemic illness
:❑ [[Collagen vascular disease]]
:❑ [[Hypothyroidism]]
:❑ [[Inflammatory bowel disease]]
:❑ [[Malignancy]]
:❑ [[Uremia]]<br>
❑ Others
:❑ [[Cardiac surgery]]
:❑ [[Radiation exposure]]
:❑ [[Dressler's syndrome]]
:❑ [[Postpericardiotomy syndrome]]
:❑ [[chest trauma|Trauma history]] </div>}}
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{{Family tree| | | | | | | C01 | | | | | C01= <div style="float: left; text-align: left; width:25em; padding:1em;">'''Examine the patient:'''<br>
'''Vital signs''' <br>
❑ [[Pulse]]
:❑ [[Tachycardia]] (typical)
:❑ [[Bradycardia]] (in [[hypothyroidism]] and [[uremia]])
:❑ [[Pulsus paradoxus]] (in [[cardiac tamponade]])
❑ [[Blood pressure]]
:❑ Normal (typical)
:❑ [[Hypotension]] (in [[cardiac tamponade]])
❑ [[Temperature]]
:❑ [[Fever]] less than 39°C or 102.2°F
:❑ [[Hypothermic]] (in elderly and [[renal failure]])
❑ [[Respiratory rate]]
:❑ [[Tachypnea]] (typical)
 
'''Cardiovascular system''' <br>
 
'''Auscultation''' <br>
❑ Heart sounds
:❑ Normal (typical)
:❑ New [[S3]] heart sound
:❑ Distant and muffled (in [[cardiac tamponade]])
❑ [[Murmur]] (in concomitant heart disease)<br>
❑ [[Pericardial friction rub]]
:❑ High pitched, scratchy or squeaky sound
:❑ Best heard at the left sternal border
:❑ Best heard with the diaphragm of the stethoscope
:❑ Varies in intensity overtime and needs repeated examinations
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'''Palpation''' <br>
❑ [[Jugular venous pulse]]
:❑ Elevated (in [[cardiac tamponade]] and [[constrictive pericarditis]]) <br>
:❑ [[Kussmaul sign]] (in [[constrictive pericarditis]]) <br>
'''Percussion''' <br>
❑ Cardiac dullness beyond the apical point of maximal impulse (in [[pericardial effusion]]) <br>
 
'''Respiratory system''' <br>
 
❑ [[Wheeze]] or [[rales]]<br>
❑ [[Pleural effusion]]<br>
 
'''Abdomen'''
 
❑ Pulsatile [[hepatomegaly]] (in [[constrictive pericarditis]]) <br>
❑ [[Ascites]] </div>}}
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{{Family tree| | | | | | | D01 | | | | | D01= <div style="float: left; text-align: left; width:25em; padding:1em;">'''Order tests (Urgent):''' <br><br>
'''Order laboratory tests (urgent):'''<br>
❑ [[Complete blood count|CBC]] ([[leucocytosis]])  <br>
❑ [[ESR]] (elevated) <BR>
❑ [[C reactive protein]] (elevated) <br>
❑ [[troponin|Serum cardiac troponin I and T]]  <br>
❑ [[Creatine kinase]] (CK-MB)  <br>
❑ [[myoglobin|Serum myoglobin]]  <br>
❑ [[tumour necrosis factor|Serum tumour necrosis factor]]  <br>
❑ [[urea|Serum urea]] and [[creatinine]]  <br>
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'''Order [[electrocardiogram]] (urgent):'''<br>
 
❑ [[Pericarditis electrocardiogram|Typical findings in pericarditis]]
:❑ [[ST segment elevation]] in leads I, II, aVL, aVF, and V3-V6
:❑ [[PR segment depression]]
:❑ [[ Low QRS voltage]] (in large [[pericardial effusion]] and [[constrictive pericarditis]])
[[Image:Acute-pericarditis.jpg|center|200px|thumb|ST elevation in leads I, II, V2, V3, V4, V5, and V6 depicting acute pericarditis]]
❑ [[Electrical alternans]] (in [[cardiac tamponade]])<br>
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'''Order imaging (urgent):'''<br>
 
❑ [[Chest X-ray]] <br>
:❑ Clear lung fields (typical)
:❑ A flask-shaped, enlarged cardiac silhouette (in [[pericardial effusion]] and [[cardiac tamponade]])
:❑ Lateral view may reveal
::❑ Thickened pericardial line (in [[pericarditis]], [[pericardial effusion]])
::❑ Irregular contours of cardiac silhouette (in [[pericarditis|chronic pericarditis]], [[pericardial fibrosis]], post surgery, [[metastasis]])
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❑ [[Echocardiography]] (diagnostic test of choice)<br>
:❑ [[Pericarditis echocardiography|Typical findings in pericarditis]]
::❑ Presence of moderate and large [[pericardial effusion]]
::❑ Right atrial collapse
::❑ Diastolic collapse of [[right ventricle]] and [[left atrium]] (specific for cardiac tamponade)
:❑ Check for concomitant [[heart disease]] or paracardial pathology </div>}}
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{{Family tree| | | | | | | E01 | | | | | E01= <div style="float: left; text-align: left; width:25em; padding:1em;">'''Does the patient have at least two of the following criteria for the diagnosis of acute pericarditis?'''<br>
❑ Characteristic [[chest pain]]  <br>
:❑ Sharp and pleuritic that is improved by sitting up and leaning forward
❑ [[Pericardial friction rub]] <BR>
:❑ High pitched, scratchy sound at the left sternal border best heard with the diaphragm of the stethoscope
:❑ Heard during [[atrial systole]], [[ventricular systole]] and rapid ventricular filling in early [[diastole]]
❑ Suggestive [[ECG]] changes <br>
:❑ Diffuse [[ST elevation]] with reciprocal [[ST depression]] in leads aVR and V1
❑ Suggestive [[echocardiography]] changes <br>
:❑ New or worsening [[pericardial effusion]] </div>}}
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{{Family tree| | | G01 | | | | | | G02 | | G01= <div style="float: left; text-align: left; width:15em; padding:1em;">'''Does the patient have any sign of myocarditis?'''<br>
❑ Elevated [[cardiac enzymes]], or <BR>❑ Global or regional myocardial dysfunction on echocardiography </div>| G02= <div style="float: left; text-align: left; width:15em; padding:1em;">'''Does the patient have any signs suspicious of acute pericarditis?'''<br>
❑ Ongoing [[fever]] <BR>
❑ Poor response to treatment<br>
❑ Hemodynamic compromise </div>}}
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{{Family tree| I01 | | I02 | | I03 | | I04 | I01= Acute pericarditis| I02= Myopericarditis| I03= <div style="float: left; text-align: left; width:15em; padding:1em;">Consider alternative diagnosis and treat accordingly </div>| I04= Consider cardiac MRI (CMR)<ref name="pmid20511488">{{cite journal |author=Khandaker MH, Espinosa RE, Nishimura RA, ''et al.'' |title=Pericardial disease: diagnosis and management |journal=Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Mayo Clinic |volume=85 |issue=6 |pages=572–93 |year=2010 |month=June |pmid=20511488 |pmc=2878263 |doi=10.4065/mcp.2010.0046 |url=}}</ref>}}
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{{Family tree| | | | | | | | | | | | | J01 | J01= <div style="float: left; text-align: left; width:15em; padding:1em;">Treat as acute pericarditis or myopericarditis if there is delayed enhancement on CMR </div>}}
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