Table 1.
Predisposing factor | Total (n) |
Shock | 7 |
Trauma | 2 |
Burn | 1 |
Major surgery | 2 |
Bacteremia | 11 |
DM | 8 |
HTN | 13 |
Heart diseasea | 14 |
CVA | 3 |
TPN | 1 |
Hyperlipidemia | 5 |
a: Heart disease includes atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, hypertrophic car-diomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy.