Epstein-Barr virus-associated pericarditis and pericardial effusion: case report and diagnostic aspects.

We report the case of a 39-year-old patient suffering from acute pericarditis accompanied by considerable pericardial effusion, most probably secondary to acute Epstein-Barr virus infection, an etiology uncommonly reported with pericardial inflammation and effusion. Diagnostic aspects and the approach to etiologic evaluation are discussed.

[Levels of INR in patients admitted to the department of internal medicine].

We reviewed the records of 282 patients admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine who had been treated at home with warfarin. In 181 patients INR was measured on the day of admission. Less than 20% of the 44 patients treated with warfarin for artificial valves had INR levels within the therapeutic range--3-4.