Current best practices and guidelines. Assessment and management of complications in infective endocarditis.
Journal Article (Journal Article;Review)
The most important complications of endocarditis are congestive heart failure, paravalvular abscess formation, and embolism, especially stroke. In addition, endocarditis may be complicated by septic arthritis, vertebral osteomyelitis, pericarditis, metastatic abscesses and an array of renal problems ranging from immune-complex glomerulonephritis to renal abscesses. Adverse reactions associated with medical treatment of endocarditis can also result in significant complications such as ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity, skin rashes, and serum sickness. This review focuses on the cardiac, embolic, neurologic and renal complications of endocarditis and discusses how these complications influence the clinical management of individual cases in daily practice.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Sexton, DJ; Spelman, D
Published Date
- June 2002
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 16 / 2
Start / End Page
- 507 - xii
PubMed ID
- 12092484
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0891-5520
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/s0891-5520(01)00011-3
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States