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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
therapy - Number one ... cause of culture ... Eg: C. burnetii ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
 -
Septic Embolism (e.g ... Fat Embolism (e.g ... fractured long bone ... Mycotic Aneurysm (e.g ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Intra-Articular - Bone ... • Tendon Rupture ... • Fascitis (e.g ... Intraarticular #MSK
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... Echinocandins (e.g ... Susceptibilities, Negative ... Eye exam within one ... clinical concern for endocarditis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
90% of IE cases Culture ... • Coagulase-negative ... staphylococci Culture ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #diagnosis #management
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
 •
Bone Deformity / ... Disease • Patella (e.g ... ., Tendon Rupture ... • Dwarfism #Bone ... Deformity #Limp #MSK
Intern Pocket Cards - Antibiogram and Susceptibilities
VRE - MRSA - GRAM POSITIVES - GRAM NEGATIVES -
POSITIVES - GRAM NEGATIVES ... (e.g., UTI, bacteremia ... (Use culture data ... If none, what is ... #antibiotics #management
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
probability) and negative ... (~0.5%) and a negative ... probably much higher (e.g ... meningitis, so one ... is proposed: #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... medical and surgical management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... Needle-shaped, negatively ... Ultrasound → double contour ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... overhanging cortical bone