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Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
if suspected (e.g ... block (+/- daily EKG ... of infection (e.g ... #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Severe Asthma Algorithm - Management of Life-Threatening Asthma in the Emergency Department
Step One
1. Nebulized Albuterol
2. Nebulized
Severe Asthma Algorithm ... - Management of ... Diagnostics: Chest ... HCG, ECG if concern ... #CriticalCare #
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... Number one cause of culture ... Eg: C. burnetii ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... for alternate diagnoses ... gram stain and culture ... doppler, CTA • ECG ... #COPD #AECOPD #Algorithm
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
staphylococci Culture ... Differential Diagnosis ... Diagnosis? ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #diagnosis #management
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's diagnosis ... (e.g. pneumonia ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... ECG is vital while ... establishing a diagnosis ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
European Resuscitation Council–European Society of Intensive Care Medicine algorithm for neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest. Reproduced from
Care Medicine algorithm ... computed tomography, EEG ... potentials #Diagnosis ... #Management #Neurology ... #CriticalCare #
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Sputum gram stain & culture ... uncertainty (e.g ... other indication (e.g ... Influenza #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare