Recognizing Infective Endocarditis in the Emergency Department

A 52-year-old Caucasian male presented to the emergency department complaining of nontraumatic painful swelling and redness of the distal left fourth finger for 2 days, associated with malaise and subjective fever. The patient denied medical history, drugs, tobacco, or alcohol use.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tsagaratos, Costandinos, Taha, Farook W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine 2012
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22461931
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2011.6.6806
Descripción
Sumario:A 52-year-old Caucasian male presented to the emergency department complaining of nontraumatic painful swelling and redness of the distal left fourth finger for 2 days, associated with malaise and subjective fever. The patient denied medical history, drugs, tobacco, or alcohol use.

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