Infective Endocarditis Due to S. Aureus in Adult Patients: Clinical Study in Neiva (2022-2024)

Abstract

A documentary review was conducted on the production and dissemination of research papers pertaining to the study of infective endocarditis in adult patients and clinical care. The objective of the bibliometric analysis presented in this document was to ascertain the principal characteristics of the corpus of publications registered in the Scopus database during the period 2022-2024, resulting in the identification of 95 publications. The data provided by this platform was organized into graphs and figures, which categorized the information by year of publication, country of origin, area of knowledge and type of publication. Subsequently, the position of different authors regarding the proposed theme is referenced through a qualitative analysis, once the aforementioned characteristics have been described. The research yielded several noteworthy findings. Notably, the United States led in scientific production, with 40 publications, among countries with authors affiliated with institutions in that nation. The area of knowledge that made the greatest contribution to the construction of bibliographic material related to the study of infective endocarditis in adult patients and clinical care was medicine, with 89 published documents. Furthermore, the most used type of publication during the period indicated above was the journal article, which constituted 88% of the total scientific production. Furthermore, a case study is proposed for the care of this type of patient in a clinic in Neiva, Huila, Colombia. Through the observation technique, it is expected that the cases presented in older adults and their evolution will be characterized.