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Instant Endocarditis Diagnosis Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in a Patient Diagnosed With Pneumonia

Acute bacterial endocarditis is an acute febrile illness that spreads hematogenously and can be fatal if it is not treated in a timely fashion. A traditional physical examination has very limited sensitivity and specificity when diagnosing bacterial endocarditis. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) dur...

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Autor principal: Istrail, Larry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10089372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37056558
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36043