What Is Pericarditis?
4. What Are the Categories of Chronic Pericarditis?
Researchers may split chronic pericarditis into two categories: incessant and intermittent. The class of the chronic condition depends on patient treatment. If pericarditis reoccurs after six weeks of weaning treatments for the acute condition, it is incessant. However, if it occurs after reducing treatments, it is intermittent.
While most clinicians prefer the two-category system, some will break the condition down further into fluid types. There are five further classifications of the disease: hemorrhagic, fibrinous, caseous, purulent and serous.
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