Search results for "Infective Endocarditis"
July 5, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/
Preop antibiotics should not delay surgery for infective endocarditis
One recent study analyzed the effects of preoperative antibiotics on infective endocarditis while another evaluated the risk of infective endocarditis with various species of streptococcal bloodstream infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/01/5.htm
1 Jul 2020
September 7, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/
Injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis carries higher risk of systemic emboli
An international cohort study found that mortality rates were lower when infective endocarditis was associated with injection drug use compared to other causes, and these patients, who were typically young and healthy, less often underwent cardiac surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/03/4.htm
3 Feb 2021
March 15, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/15/
Infective endocarditis increases ischemic stroke risk for up to two years
The risk of ischemic stroke was highest during the first four weeks after an infective endocarditis diagnosis, and it was lower in patients on anticoagulation, according to the Danish registry study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/08/4.htm
8 May 2019
February 21, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/21/
Studies analyze rise in infective endocarditis hospitalizations related to drug use
One recent study found an increase since 2008 in the hospitalization rate for stroke associated with infective endocarditis and opioid use, while another compared outcomes of infective endocarditis among patients who inject drugs versus those who do not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/06/3.htm
6 Feb 2019
June 12, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/12/
Hospitalizations, heart valve surgeries for drug-associated infective endocarditis increase
From 2007 to 2017, annual hospitalizations for drug use-associated infective endocarditis increased by about 12-fold in one state, with opioids implicated in nearly two-thirds of cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/05/2.htm
5 Dec 2018