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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Endocarditis ... #Endocarditis
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Endocarditis - Overview ... Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... prosthetic valve endocarditis ... #Endocarditis
Complications of Staph Aureus Bacteremia
 • CNS Infections
 • Septic pulmonary embolism (0.9% - 18.8%)
 •
Infections • Septic pulmonary ... embolism (0.9% ... ) • Infective endocarditis
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS

This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis ... a patient with endocarditis ... regurgitation & septic pulmonary ... emboli. ... multiple septic emboli
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... suspect right-sided endocarditis ... w/ septic pulmonary ... with multiple embolic ... Critical Care #Endocarditis
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombosis - Atherosclerosis, Arterial Dissection, Fibromuscular Dysplasia
 - Large
Vessel - Lacunar Embolus ... • Bacterial endocarditis ... infarction • Pulmonary ... embolus
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
infection, infective endocarditis ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... embolism, malaria ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... mononucleosis, infective endocarditis
More common & convincing pneumonia mimics 

Aspiration pneumonitis, 
Pulmonary vasculitis, 
Acute eosinophilic pneummia,  
Cryptogeric organizing
pneumonitis, Pulmonary ... of idiopathic pulmonary ... fibrosis (IPF), Pulmonary ... Embolism, Septic ... Pulmonary Emboli
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
from Infective Endocarditis ... Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis ... Fever -, Systemic embolism ... Features of Infective Endocarditis ... #NonInfective #Endocarditis
Acute Pulmonary Embolism - Labeled POCUS Findings 

This patient presented with a-fib and shortness of breath.
Acute Pulmonary ... Embolism - Labeled ... embolus. ... Strain #AcutePE #Pulmonary ... #Embolism