Treatment of uremic pericarditis and pericardial effusion by augmented hemodialysis.

Six out of 21 patients attending maintenance hemodialysis had uremic pericarditis. Three patients had one or more recurrences of pericarditis while under regular intermittent dialysis. Two patients developed pericardial effusion and one of them had ascites. Augmented hemodialysis was successful in treating uremic pericarditis even in patients with pericardial effusion. The single instance of ascites was also controlled by augmented hemodialysis.