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Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Peripheral blood cultures ... • Additional culture ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... fever, positive cultures ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Pulmonary Hypertension - Treatment, ICU Management and Monitoring

#PHTN #Pulmonary #Hypertension #Treatment #Management #Monitoring #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Hypertension ... - Treatment, ICU ... Monitoring #PHTN #Pulmonary ... #Hypertension #Treatment ... Management #Monitoring #Diagnosis
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
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Candidiasis (IC) Diagnosis ... : Culture: • ... Line Targeted Treatment ... IC #antifungal #diagnosis ... candida #auris #treatment
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
for alternate diagnoses ... gram stain and culture ... deficiency for newly diagnosed ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis ... arthrocentesis w/ fluid culture ... Treatment: admission ... patient admitted for treatment ... until cultures
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 ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... Mycobacterial culture ... Liquid and solid cultures ... used to exclude pulmonary ... Mycobacterial culture
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis ... Diagnosis: • Mildly ... trend response to treatment ... immunodiffusion test) • Culture ... 7 days to grow culture
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 ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
- Differential Diagnosis ... Heart Disease Pulmonary ... • Infarct • Rupture ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis