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Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... for metastatic infection ... • Myocardial abscess ... #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Common Infections in a Hospitalized Patient - GRUBS-C Mnemonic

G - GI (-itis): Cholecystitis, Pancreatitis, Peritonitis, Appendicitis,
Common Infections ... empyema, lung abscess ... Complications: Endocarditis ... Encephalitis #Infections ... #differential #
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint ... Pain - Differential ... • Endocarditis ... Septic Bursitis • Abscess ... JointPain #MSK #Differential
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Origin (FUO) - Differential ... • Infectious ... endocarditis • ... Osteomyelitis • Occult abscess ... #FUO #Chronic #Differential
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... Thyroid disease • Infectious ... UTI, Pneumonia, Sepsis ... Encephalitis, Abscess ... #Status #AMS #Differential
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... Mycobacterium abscessus ... cause pulmonary infection ... catheter-related sepsis ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis: • Non-Infectious ... Source control (abscess ... lines, osteo, endocarditis ... Antibiotic #Failure #Differential
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - Differential ... • Abscess, bacteremia ... • Hepatic abscess ... Liver or lung abscess ... Fever #Patterns #Differential
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
- Management Algorithm ... (endocarditis, ... epidural abscess ... CRBSI: • Severe sepsis ... limited vascular access
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... , infective endocarditis ... , amebic liver abscess ... mononucleosis, infective endocarditis ... Returning #Traveler #differential