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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... Differential Diagnosis ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Diagnosis? ... #diagnosis #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... increased pulmonary vascular ... heart failure should ... cardiogram) should ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... failure • Dyspnea Vascular ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... intrapulmonary vascular ... Should be performed ... Intra-pulmonary vascular ... #diagnosis #management
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis ... these bacteria should ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... #diagnosis #differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hg although PP should ... Pathologic Causes: • Valvular ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Infective Endocarditis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
factor PRES Diagnosis ... cortical lesions • Vascular ... Differential Diagnosis ... count in the CSF should ... #diagnosis #management
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... event (low flow vascular ... retrosternal chest pain Diagnosis ... Esophageal #Necrosis #diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology