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Infective endocarditis

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Investigations

Test urine for haematuria using a dipstick c

Why?

Haematuria makes infective endocarditis more likely

Patient c Target Disorder and
Reference Standard		 Diagnostic Test LR+
(95% CI)		 Post-test Probability LR-
(95% CI)		 Post-test Probability
suspected infective endocarditis
(pre-test probability: 56%)		 infective endocarditis
(von Reyn criteria)		 haematuria on urine dipstick 4.5
(2.2 to 9.0)		 86% 0.35
(0.23 to 0.52)		 33%

 

Expiry date: July 2003
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Authors   CM   Ball , C   Hennigan , S   Dhingra
Reviewer   E   Abrutyn
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , C   Hennigan , S   Dhingra