Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Number of invasive procedures during the admission
Number of criteria met indicating a hospital-acquired infection
Is the infective endocarditis hospital-acquired?
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Purpose: To evaluate a patient with infective endocarditis to determine if the infection could be hospital-acquired based on the criteria of Ben-Ami et al.
Specialty: Infectious Diseases, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine
Objective: criteria for diagnosis
ICD-10: I33,