An 80-year-old patient in the intensive care unit with an overwhelming systemic infection begins to exhibit splinter hemorrhages under her fingernails, hematuria, and petechia. What would be a likely cause?
A) Cardiac tamponade
B) Infective endocarditis
C) Dilated cardiomyopathy
D) Pericarditis

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The symptoms described, such as splinter hemorrhages, hematuria, and petechiae, are indicative of infective endocarditis, which is an infection of the heart valves that can cause systemic emboli and immune complex deposition leading to these manifestations.

An 80-Year-Old Patient in the Intensive Care Unit with an Overwhelming