In infectious endocarditis patients mortality is highly related to kidney function at time of diagnosis: A prospective observational cohort study of 231 cases

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-410

  Buchholtz, Kristine ^a   Larsen, Carsten T ^a   Hassager, Christian ^b   Bruun, Niels E ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Kidney function; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 67349230860     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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