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Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... Endocarditis No ... infarcts Features of Infective ... Endocarditis: ... #comparison #infective
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Infective Endocarditis ... ) • Fat Embolism ... bone) • Air Embolism ... Marfan's Syndrome, Infective ... Endocarditis, Atherosclerosis
Infective Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pearls:
 - Consider non-infectious endocarditis in pts with cancer/SLE and
Infective Endocarditis ... non-infectious endocarditis ... Embolic phenomenon ... @AnnKumfer #Infective ... #Endocarditis #
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Clinical Features of Infective ... Endocarditis ... Neurological - Cerebral emboli ... Haematuria #Infective ... #Endocarditis #
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... ) Non-infective ... and likely to embolize ... differentiate infective ... vs non-infective
Major Brain Complications of Endocarditis
Abscess:
 • May be macro or micro and occur at site of
Complications of Endocarditis ... site of prior embolism ... • Arise from infective ... caused by septic emboli ... caseyalbin #endocarditis
Osler's Nodes in a patient with infective endocarditis

67yo presents with R occipital intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH) attributed
a patient with infective ... endocarditis ... an example of embolic ... nodes (tender, embolic ... #Oslers #Node #infective
Etiology of Splenic Infarction:
 • Hypercoagulability: Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Malignancy
 • Embolic disease: Atrial
Malignancy • Embolic ... fibrillation, PFO, Infective ... endocarditis, Marantic ... endocarditis
Complications of Staph Aureus Bacteremia
 • CNS Infections
 • Septic pulmonary embolism (0.9% - 18.8%)
 •
Septic pulmonary embolism ... (0.9-5.5%) • Infective ... endocarditis
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
B, hepatitis C infection ... hepatitis B and C infection ... , infective endocarditis ... typhoid, pulmonary embolism ... endocarditis