Key result
Inadequate drainage or steroid therapy may predispose infants to acute constriction following acute purulent pericarditis, which should be considered when diminished heart size lacks clinical improvement.
Population
Infant with purulent pericarditis complicated by acute constriction
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May support vigilance for constriction in non-improving infants with purulent pericarditis; hypothesis-generating for drainage or steroid effects.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the need to consider acute constriction in infants with purulent pericarditis who do not improve clinically despite diminished heart size.
Joel J. Rubenstein (1972) conducted a case report in Acute constriction complicating purulent pericarditis (n=1). Inadequate drainage or steroid therapy was evaluated on Acute constriction. Inadequate drainage or steroid therapy may predispose infants to acute constriction following acute purulent pericarditis, which should be considered when diminished heart size lacks clinical improvement.
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