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Pericarditis
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Condition overview
Attributes
Commonalityis uncommon
Critical careis Yes
Linked signs and symptoms
23Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Abdominal Swelling
- Blood Pressure Below Normal (Hypotension)
- Breath Shortness (Dyspnoea)
- Breathing Difficulty When Lying Flat (Orthopnoea)
- Breathing Painful or Difficult
- Breathing Rapid Hyperventilation (Tachypnea)
- Breathing Rapid, Shallow (Tachypnoea)
- Chills
- Cough
- Cough Dry
- Fatigue
- Fever (Raised Body Temperature)
- Leg Swollen
- Liver Enlarged Or Tender
- Mind: Anxiety
- Mind: Malaise
- Pain Left Shoulder
- Pain: Chest
- Pain: Chest which Radiates Round to the Back
- shock
- Swallowing Difficulty (Dysphagia)
- Swollen Neck
- Weakness
Linked drugs / medications
1Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
2Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Medical therapy
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
8These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
Biological and test markers
9This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
9- 2,3 Diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 10.5–14 µmol/gLinked diagnostic tests12, 3 Diphosphoglycerate (2
- Alpha-1 Antintrypsin (AAT)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 90–215 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Concentration
- Alpha-2-Globulin (Blood, Serum)Reference range exampleAll: 0.6–1 gm/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Protein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein)
- AmmoniaReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 6–48 µmol/LLinked diagnostic tests1Ammonia Concentration Test
- Beta GlobulinReference range exampleAll: 0.7–1.2 gm/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Protein Electrophoresis (Blood, Serum Protein)
- FibrinogenReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 150–400 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Fibrinogen Concentration test
- PlateletsReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 150–450 109/L; Adult ( > 16y): 135–380 109/LLinked diagnostic tests1Platelet Count
- RBC MassReference range exampleFemale: 36–48 %; Male: 42–52 %Linked diagnostic tests1Heamatocrit (Hct)
- White Blood Cell (WBC)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 4.5–10.5 million/mL; Adult ( > 16y): 3.2–10 million/mLLinked diagnostic tests1White Blood Cell (WBC) Count
Often decreased
0No markers in this group.
Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
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Pericarditis
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