ACUTE PERICARDITIS: A STUDY OF EIGHTEEN CASES AMONG SERVICE PERSONNEL
Authors: Raymond E. Smalley, John C. Ruddock
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 November 1946ACUTE PERICARDITIS: A STUDY OF EIGHTEEN CASES AMONG SERVICE PERSONNELRAYMOND E. SMALLEY, JOHN C. RUDDOCKRAYMOND E. SMALLEY, JOHN C. RUDDOCKAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-5-799 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPericarditis in itself may be serious or unimportant, or it may be merely an incident in other serious and often fatal diseases. It is often masked by the underlying illness and not thought of until discovered in the course of a physical or roentgenologic examination.Acute pericardial disease may be classified into three main types: acute fibrinous, acute serofibrinous and purulent. Acute rheumatic fever is the most common etiologic factor in the production of the fibrinous and serofibrinous types. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication February 18, 1946.This article has been released for publication by the Division of Publications of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the United States Navy. The opinions and views set forth in this article are those of the writers and are not to be considered as reflecting the policies of the Navy Department. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHEMORRHAGIC PERICARDIAL FLUID IN ACUTE BENIGN NONSPECIFIC PERICARDITIS: REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE*CEILOUS L. WILLIAMS JR., M.D., JULIAN R. BECKWITH, M.D., F.A.C.P., J. 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