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Clostridium Difficile Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

IDAGRAM based on most recent guidelines from @IDSAInfo.

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#Clostridium
Clostridium Difficile ... Diagnosis and Management ... Algorithm IDAGRAM ... #Clostridium #Difficile ... #IDSA #CDiff
CDiff (Clostridium difficile) Testing Compared
Toxin EIA assay, GDH assay, NAAT/PCR 

- Dr. Milana Bogorodskaya https://twitter.com/foamid

#CDifficile #Clostridium
CDiff (Clostridium ... difficile) Testing ... #Clostridium #CDiff ... #Testing #Comparison ... #Table #PCR #EIA
Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections

Epidemiology
Diagnosis
Prevention
Treatment Algorithm
Suppression and Prophylaxis

By Tina Hang, MD @TinaPhamHang via
Clostridioides difficile ... Prevention Treatment Algorithm ... Clostridioides #difficile ... #clostridium #cdiff ... infectiousdiseases #algorithm
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
Sorting this out is difficult ... relying heavily on clinical ... #Diagnosis #Myocardial ... Definition #NSTEMI #Comparison ... #Table
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
C.diff - Clostridioides ... Difficile Infection ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... ciab549 #CDI #Cdiff ... Clostridioides #Difficile
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
some existing difficult-airway ... prediction models only focus ... to address this clinical ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... Heaven #Criteria #Difficult
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
pericarditis, making it difficult ... #Presentation #comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis
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Pyonephrosis on POCUS
Pyonephrosis (pus in the collecting system) + mild hydronephrosis in a septic pt. 
Note
Pyonephrosis on POCUS ... hydro - can be difficult ... urine confirms the diagnosis ... #Pyonephrosis #POCUS ... renal #ultrasound #clinical
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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
any mention of a difficult ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... Stable patients ... stratification #diagnosis
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... • 1 - reports difficulty ... still, but is able ... assessment is difficult ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis