Publication details
Infekční komplikace u pacientů s akutním srdečním selháním - přehled
| Title in English | Infectious complications in patients with acute heart failure - An overview |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Kardiologická revue - Interní medicína |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery |
| Keywords | Acute heart failure; Infection; Procalcitonin |
| Description | Infection is considered to be a trigger factor leading to acute decompensation of chronic heart failure in about 17% of hospitalised patients. Simultaneously, infection may complicate the course of hospitalisation of acute heart failure patients, and in cardiogenic shock patients this can be up to 65% of cases. The article gives an overview of the most common pathogens of community and nosocomial infections of the respiratory and urinary tract and the possibilities of their dia gnosis and treatment. |