Infective Endocarditis in Ireland: A Nationwide Analysis
Aoife Maher, Eoghan de Barra, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Fiona Boland, James O’Connell, Brendan McAdam · 2026
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Aoife Maher and co-authors charted, in a 2026 study, infective endocarditis across Ireland's hospitals. The heart-valve infection is rare but deadly, and Irish national figures on its toll were scarce. The team pulled every admission coded for it from 2018 to mid-2025.
After cleaning the records, 441 patients remained. Their mean age was 64, and three quarters were men. About 18 percent had valve surgery; they were younger than drug-treated patients yet stayed far longer, 51 days against 36. One in eleven patients died in hospital. A heavier burden of other illness tracked with death in adjusted models. The numbers give Irish planners a first full map of the disease's human and cost weight, and a base for comparing care across regions.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Aoife Maher, Eoghan de Barra, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Fiona Boland, James O’Connell, Brendan McAdam |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |