Infective endocarditis/fever of unknown origin
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with ICD-10 code of IE (I-330) admitted to our hospital from September 2007 to August 2017 3. Patients with ICD-10 code of fever of unknown origin (R-50-9) admitted to our hospital from January 2015 to December 2017
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-hospitalization 2. Without fever before hospitalization 3. Of I-330 patients, nosocomial onset patients or non-definite IE in modified Dukes criteria 4. Of patients with I-330, patients with referral for valve surgery after treatment in previous hospital 5. Of patients with R-50-9, patients with identifiable fever origin before hospitalization 6. Those who have announced that they will not participate in the research
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Modified Dukes criteria | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Saga University Hospital Department of General Medicine