User talk:Rkaur8

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Evaluation of Article
Name of article: (link) Pericardial effusion

This article is a Start subcategory. I recently finished my Cardiology rotation and saw a few pericardial effusions cases. Some patients presented with ongoing shortness of breath symptoms for days but did not recognize that anything serious was going on. I think the article could use some improvements in the signs and symptoms section. Pericardial effusion is a common complication in pericarditis or other infections and it would interest the public to know more about what it is, what are the causes, the presenting symptoms and treatment options.

The Lead includes a good introduction of what pericardial effusion, but there is room for improvement. The lead also includes information that is not present in the article. There can perhaps be a separate section on the physiology of fluid production and absorption in the pericardial fluid and what is the upper limit of the fluid collection before cardiac tamponade occurs.

The article's content is relevant but perhaps we can find more up-to-date resources and new information to add to the topic. More information can be added to the signs/symptoms and diagnosis sections. For example: what is the first option for diagnostic test when someone presents with cardiac tamponade symptoms vs when someone presents with only SOB. What are other tests/diagnosis to rule out before determining that the patient has pericardial effusion.

There is also space for improvement in citation and adding more and newer sources of information/citations. There is a lot of data on pericardial effusions out there that could be used to enhance this article.

The article is well organized; it is clear, concise and easy to read. There are also sufficient images and media in this article so that's something that may not need to be updated.

Overall impressions: overall the article can be considered good but, it can definitely be improved. It could be enhanced if more detail was added for each cause or even the diagnosis process. It can be overwhelming for people reading the article if for every cause they have to click on a link to see what it is and how it can cause the symptoms they might be having. There are also only a few references, so we can definitely find more and new/current sources.

Rkaur8 (talk) 17:26, 6 November 2020 (UTC)