| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Epidemiology and pathophysiology of infective endocarditis / Edwin Chen, Brandon J. Smith, Neel Shah et al. -- General approach to the clinical diagnosis of endocarditis / Sami El-Dalati -- Microbiology of endocarditis / J. Alexander Viehman, Brandon J. Smith, Carolyn R. Fernandes et al. -- Echocardiographic assessment of infectious endocarditis / Matthew Suffoletto -- Other imaging in the assessment of infective endocarditis / Thomas Gossios, Ronak Rajani and Bernard Prendergast -- Prophylaxis and prevention of infective endocarditis / Cansin Tulunay Kaya and Cetin Erol -- Antimicrobial therapy in infective endocarditis / Abby L. Chiappelli, Tmaara L. Trienski, Edward T. Horn et al. -- Preoperative care of the critically ill endocarditis patient / Katherine A. Giuliano, Eric W. Etchill and Glenn J.R. Whitman -- Postoperative care of the critically ill endocarditis patient / Eric W. Etchill, Katherine A. Giuliano and Glenn J.R. Whitman -- Neurologic complications of infective endocarditis / Lucy Q. Zhang, Ken Uchino, Sung-Min Cho et al. -- Psychiatric considerations in patients with intravenous drug use and endocarditis / Neeta Shenai, Elizabeth Hovis, Priya Gopalan et al. -- Endocarditis related to cardiovascular implantable devices / Shayna McEnteggart, Abdul Rahman Akkawi, Alaa Shalaby et al. -- Outpatient follow-up and management of infective endocarditis / A. Dahl, M. Hernandez-Meneses, J.M. Miro et al. -- Timing and indications for surgery / Makoto Mori, Andrea Amabile, Arnar Geirsson et al. -- Surgery for right-sided infective endocarditis / Paul Brocklebank, Maxwell Kilcoyne and Arman Kilic |
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Surgery for native mitral valve endocarditis / Cayley Bowles and William Hiesinger -- Surgery for native aortic valve infective endocarditis / Silvia Solari and Laurent de Kerchove -- Surgery for aortic root abscess / Tyler J. Wallen and George J. Arnaoutakis -- Complex multivalve operations for infective endocarditis / Corbin E. Goerlich, Hamza Aziz and Ahmet Kilic -- Timing of surgical intervention following acute stroke from infective endocarditis / Lise Tchouta and Shinichi Fukuhara -- Ethical controversies related to the care of an intravenous drug abuser with endocarditis / Lloyd M. Felmly and Robert M. Sade -- Multidisciplinary service delivery for the endocarditis patient / Hariharan Regunath and Stevan P. Whitt -- Future directions in infective endocarditis / Lauren V. Huckaby and Arman Kilic |
| Summary |
Infective Endocarditis: A Multidisciplinary Approach provides a comprehensive review of infective endocarditis and covers the entire spectrum of medical care for these challenging patients. It covers the ever-increasing scope of the problem, including epidemiology, as well as diagnostic work-up, microbiology, medical therapy, and surgical therapy for this disease. The book also addresses the opioid epidemic and rising infective endocarditis incidence in this population. Each type of practitioner can use this book as a definitive resource in reviewing aspects of care related to the endocarditis patient. This book will also serve as an updated resource to provide recent evidence regarding the management of these patients, as well as author perspectives and approaches to tackling the often complex and challenging issues revolving around care of the endocarditis patient. This is an essential reference and an authoritative source for infective endocarditis and provide physicians, nurses, social workers, and everyone who is routinely involved in the care of these patients |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from table of contents page (Elsevier ClinicalKey, viewed January 17, 2022) |
| Subject |
Infective endocarditis.
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Endocarditis.
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Endocarditis
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Endocarditis, Bacterial
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Endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kilic, Arman, editor
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| ISBN |
9780128208977 |
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012820897X |
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