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What are the aetiologies and clinical features of pericarditis in children?
What are the aetiologies and clinical features of pericarditis in children?
Uraemic pericarditis and infections are the leading causes of pediatric pericarditis in this cohort, with a shifting spectrum showing less purulent pericarditis than historically seen in developing countries.
Prioritizes uraemic and infectious aetiologies in pediatric pericarditis evaluation; leaves open confirmation of shifting patterns in developing regions.
The aetiologies, clinical features and follow-up data of 62 children with pericarditis admitted to a university hospital during a 6-year period were retrospectively assessed. Uraemic pericarditis was the most frequent and infections the second most frequent cause. In this series, the proportion of children with purulent pericarditis is less than in previous reports from developing countries. Familial Mediterranean fever, neoplasias, acute rheumatic fever and post-pericardiotomy syndrome were other important causes of pericarditis.
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