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Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.

Dr. Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM

#MitralValve
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... presents with fever, sepsis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Thrombocytopenia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... quinine, etc) - Viral ... - Bacterial: Sepsis ... valve replacement, endocarditis
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
(NBTE), Aseptic ... embolize • Cannot differentiate ... absent How can we differentiate ... high index of clinical ... is required for diagnosis
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
Motion (SAM) of the Mitral ... movement of the mitral ... Differential diagnosis ... MV #Cardiology #Clinical ... #POCUS #CardiacMRI
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Vasoplegia • Sepsis ... • Infective Endocarditis ... • Mitral Regurgitation ... • Mitral Stenosis
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
for example, in sepsis ... shock is often clinically ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Shock #Differential
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
Obstruction (HOCM, critical ... DISTRIBUTIVE: Sepsis ... Undifferentiated #Shock #diagnosis ... #differential # ... guyton #curves #criticalcare
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... Intubation only if clinically ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... signs, clinical ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... Classification #diagnosis ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... Classification #diagnosis ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #