Table 2.

Clinical features and complications of purulent pericarditis (from [2])

Clinical feature
Duration of symptoms before presentation (days)	7 ± 3
Chest pain	31
Fever	85
Pericardial friction rub	33
Electrocardiographic abnormalities	45
Complication
Death	29
Cardiac tamponade	15

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or percentage.