Population
Two young children with acute purulent pericarditis
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Highlights risk of rapid constriction after purulent pericarditis in children; leaves open optimal management strategies.
Acute purulent pericarditis in young children requires open drainage and antibiotics, and can be rapidly complicated by constriction requiring epicardial and pericardial removal.
Caird et al. (1973) studied this question.
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