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Infective Endocarditis: Modified Duke Criteria
Clinical Criteria: 
1. Two major criteria 
2. One major and three minor
Duke Criteria Clinical ... Criteria: 1. ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
Sign on Chest CT ... circumferential GGO • DDx ... #Halo #Sign #CT ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Sign on Chest CT ... • DDx: Septic ... #Vessel #Sign #CT ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Excellent overview of the emergency department approach to atraumatic sudden onset headaches- including proposed algorithm and
including proposed algorithm ... omitting LP if CT ... -0644(17)30537-1/ ... petrosoniak #Headache #Algorithm
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... Infection) • MRI / CT ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases
Ixodes scapularis ticks demonstrating changes in blood engorgement after various durations of attachment. A, Nymphal stage
reprinted from [1] ... #Clinical #InfectiousDiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... Infection) • MRI / CT ... diagnosis #management #infectiousdiseases
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... days) Exclude: 1. ... imaging with barium, CT ... Diarrhea #management #algorithm
Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
starting a NOAC ≥ 1 ... neurological deficit → No clinical ... worsening or clinical ... transformation by brain CT ... transformation by brain CT
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Density, Delay in CT ... Hounsfeld Units on CT ... High Plasma E2 + Clinical ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm