Why the study?
The study aimed to indicate appropriate treatment by emergency medical teams for patients with acute pericarditis as a life-threatening condition.
Highlights the importance of thorough medical interviewing and discriminatory diagnostics by emergency medical teams to identify acute pericarditis in patients presenting with chest pain.
May aid EMT recognition of post-infectious pericarditis in chest pain; leaves open need for prospective validation before protocol changes.
Aim: Indication of appropriate treatment of the emergency medical team towards a patient with acute pericarditis being a life-threatening condition. Material and method: The retrospective study included two men to whom EMT (Emergency Medical Team) was called for chest pain and in the second case due to the correlation of chest pain, ECG changes and pathological results of ultrasensitive cardiac troponin and CRP. Both patients developed acute pericarditis as a result of the infection they were currently undergoing. In this paper, the case study method was used. The research material was obtained through the analysis of medical rescue cards, EMT departure order cards and hospital treatment information cards. Conclusions: Among cardiac patients with stenocardial pain, regardless of age and other factors, an examination should always be carried out and discriminatory diagnostics should be implemented, m.in. for suspected acute pericarditis. Medical interview, in particular epidemiological history, plays an important role.
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