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CURB-65 Scoring and Treatment Options #Management #Pneumonia #Risk #Stratification #Admission #CURB65 #Criteria #Severity #Score
65 Scoring and Treatment ... Options #Management ... #Stratification ... Admission #CURB65 #Criteria ... #Severity #Score
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
HEART Score – A ... further workup and treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART ... #Score #MACE #Stratification
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
treatment. http ... and 44.5% - Lab-score ... Diagnosis #EBM #Management ... Algorithm #LP #Antibiotics ... #Risk #Stratification
HEART Score - Mnemonic for Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE)
History:
0 points - Slightly Suspicious
1 points -
HEART Score - Mnemonic ... Suspicious EKG ... points - Normal EKG ... MACE #diagnosis #cardiology ... #Risk #Stratification
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management ... #Evaluation #stratification
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
•	Non-specific (infections vs non-infectious)
•	≥2 of the following:
o	Temp >38°C or <36°C
o	HR >90 bpm
o	RR
• SOFA score increases ... indicates high risk ... >2 mmol/L Management ... recognition & treatment ... Broad-spectrum antibiotics
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
) • Valvular heart ... • Congenital heart ... • Hypertensive heart ... Management during ... #cardiology #treatment
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
-> TEE • Duke Criteria ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... • IV Antibiotics ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
→ TEE • Duke Criteria ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... • IV antibiotics ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
If the patient has a HEART Score of 0-3 and a negative initial troponin, have a
patient has a HEART ... Score of 0-3 and ... stratification ... #Management #PatientInfo ... #Cardiology #ChestPain