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Non-infective endocarditis Characteristics and Pathophysiology

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase

#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential
Characteristics and Pathophysiology ... #Infections #Differential ... #Endocarditis #Cardiac ... #Pathophysiology
Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Malnutrition:
 • Limited access to food
 • Anorexia
 • Disorders
Weight Loss - Differential ... Endocrinopathy • Chronic cardiac ... Loss #WeightLoss #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... thiamine) Late: • Cardiac ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
- Little or no nutritional ... Pulmonary Edema - Cardiac ... - Tetany - Cardiac ... Syndrome #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
alterations in cardiac ... accumulation, & cardiac ... Neurofibromatosis, TS) • Nutritional ... cardiology #diagnosis #differential
Conceptual Relationship between Volume Responsiveness and Volume Tolerance

Assessing for volume responsiveness would only tell you that
an increase in cardiac ... Challenge #Diagram #Differential ... #Pathophysiology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential ... flow, increasing cardiac ... Manifestations #Differential ... syndromes #beriberi #nutrition ... #pathophysiology
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Arterial Thrombosis - Differential ... Paradoxical Embolism • Cardiac ... valves - Infected cardiac ... Venous #Arterial #pathophysiology ... #hematology #differential
Hypoxia and Hypoxemia - Overview
Hypoxia - insufficient oxygen delivered to tissues to meet demands
Hypoxemia - low
hypoxia (e.g low cardiac ... summary #pulmonary #differential ... diagnosis #causes #pathophysiology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Pulmonary Edema - Differential ... Framework NCPE Pathophysiology ... lack of acute cardiac ... #edema #NCPE #differential