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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
Postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) is worsening or new formation of pericardial and/or pleural effusion usually 1 to 6 weeks after cardiac surgery, as a result of autoimmune inflammatory reaction within pleural and pericardial space. | |||
Criteria for Postpericardiotomy syndrome; a diagnosis is made if patients present with 2 out of the following 5 criteria: | |||
* Fever | |||
* Pericardial or pleuritic chest pain | |||
* Pericardial or pleural friction rub | |||
* Pericardial effusion with elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) | |||
* Pleural effusion with elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) | |||
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