Infective endocarditis/fever of unknown origin
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients aged 20 years or older with ICD-10 code of I-330 (Infective endocarditis) or R-50-9 (undiagnosed fever) admitted to each hospital of research from January 2018 to December 2020.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-hospitalization 2. Without fever before hospitalization 3. Of I-330 patients, nosocomial onset patients, patients with referral for valve surgery after treatment in previous hospital and on-definite IE in modified Dukes criteria (DC). 4. Of patients with R-50-9, patients with identifiable fever origin before hospitalization and patients without chest x-ray, blood tests, and urinary tests before admission. 5. Patients with definite non-infectious disease despite modified DC being definite. 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