[HSF] endocarditis and AIDS

Pigott, John D III jdpigott at tulane.edu
Sun Oct 14 19:36:21 EDT 2007


What are the thoughts of the group: 40 year old man with AIDS  CD4 less than 100, Kaposi's and albumin of 1.5.  Not intubated but has wide open AI due to Staph. Aureus  Creatinine 1.9 down from 3; LFT's improving but not normal.  INR 1.3.  The ID person says he was great until this and will live if we operate.  Operate or not?

John Pigott


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