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Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria ... Minor MAJOR CRITERIA ... infection MINOR CRITERIA ... cultures that do not meet ... specific criteria
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
Duke's Criteria ... IE - Pathologic Criteria ... Major Criteria: ... bcxs that do not meet ... major criteria
Mees' Lines
Transverse while lines (usually one per nail, no depressions) that often can will disappear if
Mees' Lines Transverse ... associated with arsenic ... #Mees #Lines #Fingernails ... #Photo #Sign #Arsenic
Criteria for diagnosis of PPCM - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
1) LV EF <0.45
2) Meets the Framingham criteria for
Criteria for diagnosis ... LV EF <0.45 2) Meets ... the Framingham criteria ... Cardiomyopathy #Criteria
St Paul's Early Discharge Rule
 
ONE HOUR after naloxone administration, patients can be safely discharged if
discharged if they meet ... ALL SIX criteria ... Discharge #Rule #Criteria
Figure 53 – Longitudinal (left) and transverse (right) images from an ultrasound of the pylorus demonstrate
these measurements meet ... the criteria for
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
- Patients who meet ... SIRS criteria and ... #Indications #Criteria
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
Don't rely on criteria ... • Tx: Meds vs
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
have no clinical criteria ... Supplemental lab criteria ... coronary arteries meet ... Ministry of Health criteria
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Transverse White Bands (Mees ... Seen in arsenic ... As with Mees' lines ... #Atlas #Beaus #Mees