title: Altered mental status and shock.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sagarin
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Nadel
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D001900:Boston; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012894:Sleep Stages; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy