Research Article

Microbiological and Clinicoepidemiological Profile of a Series of Patients with Infective Endocarditis at a Center in Eastern Nepal

Table 5

Complications and outcome of IE patients (n = 17).

ComplicationsNumber (%)Outcome of patientsNumber (%)

Acute kidney injury (AKI)3 (17.6)Improved10 (58.8)
Congestive cardiac failure (CCF)1 (5.9)Not improved/referred3 (17.6)
Septic pulmonary emboli1 (5.9)Mortality2 (11.8)
Cerebrovascular accident3 (17.6)Leaving against medical advice2 (11.8)
AKI with CCF3 (17.6)
UGI bleeding1 (5.9)
No complications5 (29.5)

Referred to other medical centers due to lack of ICU beds and need of ventilatory support.