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It was a Saturday night, and I was told that I was getting an admission from the emergency room. I started looking up the patient's chart and saw that he was there for alcohol withdrawal. The patient was young, in his 30s. Soon after that, the phone rang, and I received the official report from the ED RN. The patient arrived at the ICU about 20 minutes later. He did not have any family with him, which would make completing the admission assessment documentation difficult, giv

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Understanding Endocarditis and Its Challenges On a cardiac unit, I see all types of heart and vascular diseases. Many of them appear in the same "type" of patient. Peripheral vascular disease usually affects diabetics or smokers. Coronary artery disease often shows up in people who are a bit heavier than is healthy. And then there's endocarditis. This condition is often found in young people with a history of IV drug use. Endocarditis, an inflammation of heart tissue, is freq