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Pericarditis Learning Center

Treatments could include:
Analgesics for pain; Antibiotics for bacterial pericarditis; Antifungal medications for fungal pericarditis; Aspirin or a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) such as ibuprofen for inflammation of the pericardium; Corticosteroids such as pr...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
Since most pericarditis is caused by a virus and will heal naturally, there is no specific, curative treatment. Ordinary antibiotics do not work against viruses. Pericarditis that comes from a virus usually clears up in two weeks to three months. ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Pericardiocentesis is a therapeutic and diagnostic procedure in which fluid is removed from the pericardium, the sac that surrounds the heart.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Pericardiocentesis is a procedure that uses a needle to remove fluid from the pericardial sac, the tissue that surrounds the heart.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 12, 2008
A procedure performed with a needle to remove fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes from the tissue covering the heart (pericardial sac).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Pericardiocentesis is the removal by needle of pericardial fluid from the sac surrounding the heart for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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