Why the study?
What clinical markers available within the first 48 hours of admission are associated with poor outcome in infective endocarditis?
Population
208 patients with infective endocarditis presenting between 1981 and 1999 to a tertiary centre. Mean age 52…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
six months
Authors
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These admission markers may enable early IE risk stratification; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before guiding care.
What clinical markers available within the first 48 hours of admission are associated with poor outcome in infective endocarditis?
Simple clinical indices available within 48 hours of admission, such as abnormal white cell count, albumin, creatinine, cardiac rhythm, two major Duke criteria, or visible vegetation, are reliable predictors of poor outcome in infective endocarditis.
Sylvia M. Wallace (2002) studied this question.
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