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Needles and Suture Types - Common Surgical Instruments
Needles come in many shapes and cutting edges for
Needles and Suture ... edges for various applications ... depending on the application ... in specialized applications ... instruments #types #comparison
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Suspected Systemic Infection ... Algorithm Source ... source of bacterial infection ... urinary tract infection ... concerned for an infection
Effective radiation dose in adults - Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose in adults with
Effective radiation ... Following are comparisons ... of effective radiation ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Tremor #Diagnosis #IM #PrimaryCare #Neuro #Tremor #Action #Rest #Differential #Algorithm #Comparison
Algorithm and Differential ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Comparison #Table
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... infarcts Features of Infective ... #Endocarditis #comparison ... #infective #NBTE ... Marantic #diagnosis #table
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
HUGE treatment implications ... thrombocytopenia #Comparison ... #Diagnosis #Table
Findings in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Different Causes of Meningitis

#CSF #Fluid #Analysis #Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal #Bacterial #Viral
Bacterial #Viral #Comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis ... #Infection
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
define the type of infection ... then review prior cultures ... Obtain cultures ... pharmacology #table
Thalassemia - Electrophoresis - Comparison Table
In this disorder it is the defective production of hemoglobin that
Electrophoresis - Comparison ... Table In this ... disorder it is the defective ... #Alpha #Beta #Comparison ... #Table #Hematology
Clostridium Dificile Risk by Antibiotic Class

Pooled and study-specific risk estimates of community-associated CDI risk by antibiotic
#CDifficile #Infection ... #Clostridium #Table ... #Comparison #OddsRatio