| CAP | camptodactyly-arthropathy-pericarditis [syndrome]; Canada Assistance Plan; capsule; captopril; catab... |
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| CPH | Certificate in Public Health; chronic paroxysmal hemicrania; chronic persistent hepatitis; chronic p... |
| AMI | Acute Myocardial Infarction - Complications(Cx) 1. Early ... |
| DAP | Dialysis Associated Pericarditis |
| UP | Uremic Pericarditis |
| pericarditis with effusion | Pericardial inflammation producing excess pericardial fluid. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rheumatic pericarditis | Fibrinous pericarditis occurring in acute rheumatic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmyocardial infarction pericarditis | <pathology> Inflammation of the pericardium. (18 Nov 1997) |
| postpericardiotomy pericarditis | <cardiology> A syndrome characterised by fever, substernal chest pain, and pericardial rub following cardiac surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic pericarditis | Pericardial inflammation developing following injury to the chest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemorrhagic pericarditis | Pericarditis with bloodstained effusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| purulent pericarditis | Pericarditis, usually bacterial, with pus in the sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry pericarditis | Pericardial inflammation in the absence of demonstrable pericardial effusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal adhesive pericarditis | Extensive adhesion between parietal and visceral layers of the pericardium with partial or complete obliteration of the pericardial cavity. Synonym: internal adhesive pericarditis, synechia pericardii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| obliterating pericarditis | Complete obliteration by postinflammatory adhesions of the pericardial cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculous pericarditis | Pericarditis caused by tuberculosis infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uraemic pericarditis | Fibrinous pericarditis seen in chronic renal failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinous pericarditis | Acute pericarditis with fibrinous exudate. See: bread-and-butter pericardium. Synonym: hairy heart, pericarditis villosa, shaggy pericardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrous pericarditis | Scarring, usually with adhesions, of all or most of the pericardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaemia of chronic disease | <disease> A form of anaemia which develops as the result of a long-term infection or illness. Chronic diseases can interfere with red blood cell production in addition to shortening red blood cell life span in the body. Symptoms are largely due to the underlying disease. Haemoglobin and haematocrit are generally low. Iron studies may be low to normal. Red blood cell indices may usually normal. (27 Sep 1997) |