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Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
demonstrated by culture ... Definite IE - Clinical ... Positive blood cultures ... positive blood culture ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Interpretation
Appearance - Opening Pressure - Leukocytes - Differential - Glucose - Protein -
Glucose - Protein - Cultures ... - Autoimmune UCSD ... #differential #diagnosis
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Peripheral blood cultures ... • Additional culture ... fever, positive cultures ... Internet Book of Critical ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Fetal Yawn on Fetal Ultrasound

The fetal yawn will always be one of my favorite in utero
Yawn on Fetal Ultrasound ... utero events to capture ... on ultrasound. ... #Fetal #Yawn #Ultrasound ... Obstetrics #Radiology #Clinical
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... Differential Diagnosis ... counts may delay diagnosis ... likelihood of negative clinical ... #differential #diagnosis
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Ocular Ultrasound ... Body • Globe Rupture ... Pocus101 #Ocular #Ultrasound ... #differential #diagnosis
Ultrasound of the Week - Achilles tendon rupture, complete

#Clinical #POCUS #Longitudinal #Achilles #Tendon #Ruptured #Complete #Tear
Ultrasound of the ... Achilles tendon rupture ... , complete #Clinical
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Chills 
 • Abdominal pain 
Diagnosis
Peritonitis Clinical ... Abdominal pain Diagnosis ... Positive Gram stain/culture ... Peritonitis #SBP #Diagnosis
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... concerning for cardiac rupture ... RJonesSonoEM #Rupture ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound ... Cardiology #A4c #clinical
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
immune compromise Clinical ... is needed for diagnosis ... KUB or abdominal ultrasound ... • UA and Urine cultures ... may narrow per culture