There are major and minor criteria for surgery in infective endocarditis, however, it is not mentioned that how many of the major and/or minor criteria must be present in order to select the patient for surgery .
If you have any of the major then it's absolute indication but for the minor things they are relative indications.
No specific rule whatsoever regarding this and even major textbooks do not mention major and minor indications.
My advice for you regarding this specific topic is to memorize only the major indication as you are very unlikely to be asked about the minor indications (that's too much detail for a CK exam).
By the above thread I mean the indications not contraindications of surgery in infective endocarditis. I mean there are major criteria to select the patient for surgical correction of the valve, not the surgical operation performed on other organs.
I have 2008-9 Kaplan IM notes in my hand. If u have the same please see page 224 of infectious disease chapter!
Please reply whether I got it right as I mentioned in the above paragraph or that u r right .
Just replace the term contraindications with indications in all the talk that I have been talking. My opinion is unchanged by the typo. Now you can read my replies after I corrected the typo
It is ok. I am happy to eventually find the answer to my question).
Thanks again
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