Major criteria | Minor criteria (1 point each) |
---|---|
Suspected endocarditis (3 points) | Age >65 years |
Temperature >39.4°C (103.0°F) (3 points) | Temperature 38.3 to 39.3°C |
Indwelling vascular catheter (2 points) | Chills |
 | Vomiting |
 | Hypotension (systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg) |
 | White blood cell count >18,000 cells/mm3 |
 | Bands >5% (in our setting, immature cells >0.5%) |
 | Platelets <150,000 cells/mm3 |
 | Creatinine >2.0 mg/dl (177 µl/l) |