Harms and Contributors of Leaving Against Medical Advice in Patients With Infective Endocarditis.

Introduction: Patients leaving against medical advice (AMA) are commonly encountered in hospital medicine. The problem is prevalent worldwide and across all fields of medicine. A retrospective study of 47,583 patients reported a 3.

Predictors, patterns and outcomes following Infective endocarditis and stroke.

Patients with infective endocarditis can have multiple neurological manifestations.  Cerebrovascular events (CVE) in patients with IE can be hemorrhagic or embolic.  Multiple factors are known to predispose to CVE and increased mortality in patients with IE.