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Blood culture contaminants
Grouped by gram negative vs gram positive vs other as well as never/maybe/probably
Some additional
Bloodculture #Bloodcx #bcx
Failure to Thrive - Evaluation Checklist
 • History: Baseline, ADLs/iADLs, Med Rec, ROS, Social support &
CXR, ESR, CRP, BCx
How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
Contamination #Diagnosis #BCx
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
circumcised Consider BCx
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Number of positive cx ... abx, obtain more cx ... for that aerobic box ... BloodCultures #BCx
Diagnostic Approach to Hyponatremia
Box A:
 • Normo/hyperosmolar Hyponatremia: Glucose, Mannitol, Glycine, Contrast media, Maltose
 • Pseudohyponatremia:
Hyponatremia Box ... Ethlene Glycole Box ... Seizures, Confusion Box
Anatomic Snuff Box
 • 3 'P' Muscles - Abductor Pollicis Longus, Extensor Pollicis Brevis, Extensor Pollicis
Anatomic Snuff Box ... rev.med #Snuff #Box
Transvenous Pacing - Procedure Instructions
Step 1. Place the introducer - ideally in R IJ or L
Set up the Box ... Wire + Generator Box ... - Initial Box ... Trouble Shooting the Box
The Snuff Box 
#snuff_box
The Snuff Box
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
o CML - bcr-able ... o Other bcr-able