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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Pre-existing valvular disease ... Congenital heart disease ... electronic devices (CIED ... Rheumatic valvular disease ... • Metastatic disease
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Pre-existing valvular disease ... Congenital heart disease ... electronic devices (CIED ... Rheumatic valvular disease ... • Metastatic disease
ACE Trial: Randomized controlled trial of Ceftriaxone and doxycycline, with or without metronidazole, for the treatment
CID. ... DOI 10.1093/cid/ ... ID #Infectious Diseases ... #inflammatory #disease
In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - Decision Aid
Among "elderly patients who undergo resuscitation after in-hospital cardiac arrest", at
one year: - 49 died ... resuscitation - 34 died ... discharge - 7 died
IDSA Recommendations for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults
Source: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix1085

#Management #Clostridium #CDifficile #IDSA2017 #Guidelines
doi.org/10.1093/cid
An Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation:
This is a simplification of the general principles underlying the most common
see the articles cited
General overview of lung diseases. 

#diagnosis #causes #lung #disease #restrictive #obstructive #pulmonary #respiratory #pearls #ddxof
overview of lung diseases ... #causes #lung #disease
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
Glomerular Diseases ... glomerulonephritis - Berger disease ... Minimal change disease ... #Glomerular #Diseases
Mammography Screening - A Patient Visual Decision Aid
Early detection of breast cancer by mammography screening 
5
with screening died
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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reaction - Atopic disease ... lymphomas, Hodgkin disease ... Chronic inflammatory diseases ... , IgG4-related disease ... inflammatory bowel diseases