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Emergency department diagnosis of infective endocarditis using bedside emergency ultrasound

Infective endocarditis is a challenging diagnosis that is rarely made in the emergency department. As the use of focused emergency ultrasound expands into more applications, including advanced echocardiography, the diagnosis of infective endocarditis may be made earlier, potentially leading to more...

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Autores principales: Seif, Dina, Meeks, Andrew, Mailhot, Thomas, Perera, Phillips
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3740785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23399454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2036-7902-5-1
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Perera, Phillips
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description Infective endocarditis is a challenging diagnosis that is rarely made in the emergency department. As the use of focused emergency ultrasound expands into more applications, including advanced echocardiography, the diagnosis of infective endocarditis may be made earlier, potentially leading to more timely treatment. We report a case of an ill-appearing patient presenting to the emergency department with an indwelling central venous catheter, a cardiac murmur, and necrotic toes, who was diagnosed with a large tricuspid vegetation and prominent tricuspid regurgitation on bedside emergency ultrasound. A cardiologist-performed echocardiogram confirmed these findings during the patient's hospital admission.
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spelling pubmed-37407852013-08-13 Emergency department diagnosis of infective endocarditis using bedside emergency ultrasound Seif, Dina Meeks, Andrew Mailhot, Thomas Perera, Phillips Crit Ultrasound J Case Report Infective endocarditis is a challenging diagnosis that is rarely made in the emergency department. As the use of focused emergency ultrasound expands into more applications, including advanced echocardiography, the diagnosis of infective endocarditis may be made earlier, potentially leading to more timely treatment. We report a case of an ill-appearing patient presenting to the emergency department with an indwelling central venous catheter, a cardiac murmur, and necrotic toes, who was diagnosed with a large tricuspid vegetation and prominent tricuspid regurgitation on bedside emergency ultrasound. A cardiologist-performed echocardiogram confirmed these findings during the patient's hospital admission. Springer 2013-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3740785/ /pubmed/23399454 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2036-7902-5-1 Text en Copyright ©2013 Seif et al.; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Emergency department diagnosis of infective endocarditis using bedside emergency ultrasound
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3740785/
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