Characteristics | Statistics | All IE admissions |
Age | N | 14 722 |
Mean (SD) | 62.3 (19.9) | |
Median (min, max) | 67.0 (0, 103) | |
Sex | N | 14 731 |
Male, n (%) | 9734 (66.1) | |
Female, n (%) | 4997 (33.9) | |
Level of IE risk before admission | N | 14 731 |
High risk, n (%) | 3145 (21.3) | |
Moderate risk, n (%) | 2503 (17.0) | |
Low/unknown risk, n (%) | 9083 (61.7) | |
Reason for high-risk stratification* | Previous IE, n (%) | 154 (4.9) |
Previous IE - I38X, n (%) | 67 (2.1) | |
Replacement heart valve, n (%) | 2416 (76.8) | |
Repaired heart valve, n (%) | 311 (9.9) | |
Cyanotic congenital heart disease, n (%) | 150 (4.8) | |
Repaired congenital heart disease, n (%) | 3 (0.1) | |
Palliative shunt or conduit, n (%) | 37 (1.2) | |
Prosthetic heart/ventricular assist device, n (%) | 7 (0.2) | |
Reason for moderate-risk stratification* | Previous rheumatic fever, n (%) | 808 (32.3) |
Non-rheumatic valve disease, n (%) | 1571 (62.8) | |
Congenital valve anomalies, n (%) | 58 (2.3) | |
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, n (%) | 66 (2.6) | |
Admission date | N | 14 731 |
Min | 01 Apr 2010 | |
Max | 28 Mar 2016 | |
Discharge date | N | 14 297 |
Min | 6 April 2010 | |
Max | 31 March 2016 | |
Hospital length of stay (days)* | N | 14 297 |
Mean (SD) | 33.0 (27.3) | |
Median (min, max) | 28 (0, 410) | |
Discharged alive? | N | 14 275 |
No, n (%) | 2677 (18.8) | |
Yes, n (%) | 11 598 (81.2) |
*Length of stay is from admission to discharge alive or until in hospital death. Although we excluded patients discharged alive with a length of stay <3 days, a length of stay <3 days is possible if the patient died within the first 3 days of the IE hospital admission.
IE, infective endocarditis.