Changing patient characteristics and the effect on mortality in endocarditis
CH Cabell, JG Jollis, GE Peterson… - Archives of internal …, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
Background Limited data exist on recent demographic and microbiological changes in
infective endocarditis (IE) and the impact of these changes on patient survival. Methods Data
were collected from all patients with definite or possible IE at Duke University Medical
Center, Durham, NC, from 1993 to 1999. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify
demographic and microbiological changes that occurred in patients with IE over the study
period. The impact of these changes on survival was evaluated using Cox proportional …
infective endocarditis (IE) and the impact of these changes on patient survival. Methods Data
were collected from all patients with definite or possible IE at Duke University Medical
Center, Durham, NC, from 1993 to 1999. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify
demographic and microbiological changes that occurred in patients with IE over the study
period. The impact of these changes on survival was evaluated using Cox proportional …
