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Treatment
- Patient with uremic pericarditis should be treated with intensive hemodialysis which would most often results in resolution of pericardial effusion and chest pain[1][2]within 1-2 weeks. Pericardiocentesis can be done to drain effusion if it is causing hemodynamic compromise such as in cardiac tamponade. Use of heparin free hemodialysis is adviced to prevent development of hemopericardium.
- Hypokalemia and hypophosphatemia should be prevented by supplementing the dialysis solution when appropriate[3].
- NSAIDs may be used in treatment of chest pain secondary to pericarditis. In case of recurrent pericardial effusion, pericardiotomy where a pericardial window for drainage of effusion may be made. In large refractory effusion, intra pericardial instillation of non-absorbable corticosteroids may be considered[4][5].
- Pericardiectomy should be done in refractory and severely symptomatic patients.
- Appropriate antivirals or antibiotics should be used in treatment of infective pericarditis which may occur in immunocompromised states resulting after renal transplantation[6].
References
- ↑ Maisch B, Seferović PM, Ristić AD, Erbel R, Rienmüller R, Adler Y; et al. (2004). "Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases executive summary; The Task force on the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases of the European society of cardiology". Eur Heart J. 25 (7): 587–610. doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.02.002. PMID 15120056.
- ↑ Maisch B, Ristić AD (2003). "Practical aspects of the management of pericardial disease". Heart. 89 (9): 1096–103. PMC 1767862. PMID 12923044.
- ↑ Emelife-Obi C, Chow MT, Qamar-Rohail H, Leehey DJ, Gandhi VC, Ing TS (1998). "Use of a phosphorus-enriched hemodialysate to prevent hypophosphatemia in a patient with renal failure-related pericarditis". Clin Nephrol. 50 (2): 131–3. PMID 9725787.
- ↑ Wood JE, Mahnensmith RL (2001). "Pericarditis associated with renal failure: evolution and management". Semin Dial. 14 (1): 61–6. PMID 11208042.
- ↑ Rutsky EA, Rostand SG (1987). "Treatment of uremic pericarditis and pericardial effusion". Am J Kidney Dis. 10 (1): 2–8. PMID 3605080.
- ↑ Sever MS, Steinmuller DR, Hayes JM, Streem SB, Novick AC (1991). "Pericarditis following renal transplantation". Transplantation. 51 (6): 1229–32. PMID 1646505.