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Contemporary epidemiology and prognosis of septic shock in infective endocarditis
Author(s) -
Carmen Olmos,
I. Vilacosta,
Cristina Fernández,
Javier López,
Cristina Sarriá,
Carlos Ferrera,
Ana Revilla,
J. Silva,
David Vivas,
Inmaculada Delage González,
José Alberto San Román
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs336
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , infective endocarditis , confidence interval , septic shock , endocarditis , epidemiology , logistic regression , prospective cohort study , diabetes mellitus , surgery , sepsis , endocrinology
The prognosis of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) remains poor despite the great advances in the last decades. One of the factors closely related to mortality is the development of septic shock (SS). The aim of our study was to describe the profile of patients with IE complicated with SS, and to identify prognostic factors of new-onset SS during hospitalization.

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