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Does treatment with ACTH and cortisone improve outcomes in children with acute benign pericarditis?
Does treatment with ACTH and cortisone improve outcomes in children with acute benign pericarditis?
This early case series discusses the differentiation of acute benign pericarditis from rheumatic pericarditis in children and presents initial experiences treating the condition with ACTH and cortisone.
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Supports distinguishing benign from rheumatic pericarditis with initial ACTH/cortisone use; leaves open efficacy confirmation in children.
Six cases of acute benign pericarditis in childhood have been studied. The importance in childhood of the differentiation of acute benign pericarditis from acute rheumatic pericarditis has been emphasized and demonstrated by a comparison of the clinical findings and subsequent courses in patients with these two types of pericardial involvement. The results of treatment of acute primary pericarditis with the hormones ACTH and cortisone are presented and discussed. Some negative findings in the study of the etiology of this disease are presented.
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Friedman et al. (1952) studied this question.
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