SHOCK AND ACUTE ABDOMINAL SYMPTOMS COMPLICATING ACUTE IDIOPATHIC PERICARDITIS
Authors: H R WITHERBEE, M L PEARCE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 October 1958SHOCK AND ACUTE ABDOMINAL SYMPTOMS COMPLICATING ACUTE IDIOPATHIC PERICARDITISHAROLD R. WITHERBEE JR., M.D., MORTON LEE PEARCE, M.D.HAROLD R. WITHERBEE JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MORTON LEE PEARCE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-4-876 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince Barnes and Burchell1 showed the value of electrocardiographic interpretation in differentiating acute idiopathic pericarditis from acute coronary occlusion, there have been numerous reviews and case reports of the various manifestations of acute idiopathic pericarditis. Shock, with or without tamponade, has been rarely associated with idiopathic pericarditis. The presence od signs of acute abdominal disease at the onset of acute pericarditis, although infrequent, has been recently emphasized.2Carmichael and co-workers, reviewing 50 cases with respect to clinical, laboratory and follow-up data,3commented on the infrequent occurence of signs of circulatory collapse in acute pericarditis. In several reports of large series...Bibliography1. BarnesBurchell ARHB: Acute pericarditis simulating acute coronary occlusion, Am. Heart J. 23: 247, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. PowersReadPorter PPJLRR: Acute idiopathic pericarditis simulating acute abdominal disease, J. A. M. A. 157: 224, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. CarmichaelSpragueWymanBland DBHBSMEF: Acute nonspecific pericarditis, clinical, laboratory, and follow-up considerations, Circulation 3: 321, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. LevyPatterson RLMC: Acute serofibrinous pericarditis of undetermined cause, a study of 27 cases, Am. J. Med. 8: 34, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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