Expert consensus recommendations for the provision of infective endocarditis services: updated guidance from the Joint British Societies.
Sandoe, Jonathan A T Ahmed, Fozia Arumugam, Parthiban Guleri, Achyut Horner, Carolyne Howard, Philip Perry, John Prendergast, Bernard D Schwiebert, Ralph Steeds, Richard Paul
Sandoe, Jonathan A T
Ahmed, Fozia
Arumugam, Parthiban
Guleri, Achyut
Horner, Carolyne
Howard, Philip
Perry, John
Prendergast, Bernard D
Schwiebert, Ralph
Steeds, Richard Paul
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2023-03-10
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Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a difficult condition to diagnose and treat and is an infection of high consequence for patients, causing long hospital stays, life-changing complications and high mortality. A new multidisciplinary, multiprofessional, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)-ledWorking Party was convened to undertake a focused systematical review of the literature and to update the previous BSAC guidelines relating delivery of services for patients with IE. A scoping exercise identified new questions concerning optimal delivery of care, and the systematic review identified 16 231 papers of which 20 met the inclusion criteria. Recommendations relating to endocarditis teams, infrastructure and support, endocarditis referral processes, patient follow-up and patient information, and governance are made as well as research recommendations. This is a report of a joint Working Party of the BSAC, British Cardiovascular Society, British Heart Valve Society, British Society of Echocardiography, Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, British Congenital Cardiac Association and British Infection Association.
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Sandoe JAT, Ahmed F, Arumugam P, Guleri A, Horner C, Howard P, Perry J, Prendergast BD, Schwiebert R, Steeds RP, Watkin R, Wendler O, Chambers JB. Expert consensus recommendations for the provision of infective endocarditis services: updated guidance from the Joint British Societies. Heart. 2023 Mar 10:heartjnl-2022-321791. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321791. Epub ahead of print
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