Older age and severe coinfection are associated with increased in-hospital mortality among patients hospitalized for acute pericarditis.
Identifies age and severe coinfection as mortality predictors in acute pericarditis; leaves open need for prospective validation before guiding care.
Patients hospitalized for acute pericarditis are more commonly male. Increasing age and severe coinfection are associated with greater in-hospital mortality in hospitalized acute pericarditis patients.
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