Cerebrovascular complications and outcomes of critically ill adult patients with infective endocarditis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurological complications are associated with poor outcome in patients with infective endocarditis (IE). Although guidelines recommend systematic brain imaging in the evaluation of IE patients, the association between early brain imaging findings and outcomes has never been evaluated in critically ill patients. We aimed to assess the association of CT-defined neurological complications with functional outcomes of critically ill IE patients.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included consecutive patients with severe, left-sided IE hospitalized in the medical ICU of a tertiary care hospital. Patients with no baseline brain CT were excluded. Baseline CT-scans were classified in five mutually exclusive categories (normal, moderate-to-severe ischemic stroke, min

SUBMITTER: Rambaud T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9803797 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature