RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Expert consensus recommendations for the provision of infective endocarditis services: updated guidance from the Joint British Societies
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP e2
OP e2
DO 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321791
VO 109
IS 17
A1 Jonathan A T Sandoe
A1 Fozia Ahmed
A1 Parthiban Arumugam
A1 Achyut Guleri
A1 Carolyne Horner
A1 Philip Howard
A1 John Perry
A1 Bernard D Prendergast
A1 Ralph Schwiebert
A1 Richard Paul Steeds
A1 Richard Watkin
A1 Olaf Wendler
A1 John B Chambers
YR 2023
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/109/17/e2.abstract
AB 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.