UREMIC PERICARDITIS

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Educator STATPEARLS PUBLISHING, LLC

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Method Computer-Based Training

Course overview

THE PERICARDIUM IS THE FIBROELASTIC SAC SURROUNDING THE HEART. IT IS COMPOSED OF TWO LAYERS, VISCERAL AND PARIETAL, THAT ARE SEPARATED BY A POTENTIAL SPACE. WITHIN THIS POTENTIAL SPACE, 15 TO 50 MILLILITERS OF FLUID EXIST TO SERVE THE PURPOSE OF LUBRICATION. THE TERM ACUTE PERICARDITIS REFERS TO INFLAMMATION OF THIS FIBROELASTIC SAC. THE CAUSES OF PERICARDITIS ARE WIDE-RANGING AND INCLUDE INFECTION, AUTOIMMUNE PROCESSES, MALIGNANCY, AND UREMIA. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS UREMIC PERICARDITIS, INCLUDING THE ETIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT. THIS ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH UREMIC PERICARDITIS.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Bahamas Medical Council

Specialty Medical Practitioner

1h General Medicine

Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - Physicians & Surgeons

Physician & Surgeon

1h Category I CME

Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

Medical Doctor

1h AMA Category I

Physician Assistant

1h AMA Category I

State Medical Board of Ohio

Doctor of Medicine

1h AMA Category I