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pericarditis [‚per·ə‚kär′dīd·əs] (medicine) Inflammation of the pericardium. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Complications of rat-bite fever include destructive joint disease, pericarditis, endocarditis, abscesses, pneumonia, parotitis, pancreatitis, and, rarely, meningitis and amnionitis. Needle embolus causing cardiac puncture and chronic constrictive pericarditis. Pericarditis is another cardiovascular complication of ESRD and is characterized by jugular venous distension, Kussmaul sign (pulse increases during exhalation and decreases during inhalation), and a decrease in systolic blood pressure and in pulse pressure. |
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