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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Negative Blood Cultures ... antibiotics prior to cultures ... Number one cause of culture ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... : • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... : • Stool culture ... available • Blood culture ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Bedside Classification ... papillary muscle rupture ... CM #Shock #Classification ... #Cardiogenic #Comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis
BRUE (Brief Resolved Unexplained Event) Algorithm

ALTE (Apparent Life Threatening Event) is out, replaced with a new
Unexplained Event) Algorithm ... definition and classification ... Unexplained Event) #Diagnosis ... #Management #Peds ... UnexplainedEvent #Algorithm
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... test • PCR • Culture ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Tularemia - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Serology (preferred), Culture ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
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 ... #COPD #AECOPD #Algorithm ... #Management #Exacerbation
A priority in this project was to appropriately stratify participants into a low, medium, or high-intensity
The classification ... The algorithm is ... Injuries,” (STEADI) #Diagnosis ... #Management #Geriatrics ... #STEADI #Algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Routine stool culture ... Acute #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis