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Epidemiological Clues That May be Helpful in Defining the Etiological Diagnosis of Culture-Negative Endocarditis

#Endocarditis #Bacteria #Differential
Endocarditis #Bacteria #Differential ... Microorganisms #Clues #idsa
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Dysphagia:Oropharyngeal:
- Characterized by difficulty initiating swallowing and accompanied by choking/coughing, nasopharyngeal
by difficulty initiating ... Delayed after initiating ... medulla #Diagnosis #Differential ... Extraluminal #Algorithm #Differential
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
IDSA Recommendations ... • Initiation ... Trypanosomiasis #IDSA
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Pharyngitis - IDSA ... #Pharyngitis #IDSA ... #diagnosis #differential
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
summary of the differential ... Asthma #Overlap #FirstLine
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
shifts caused by initiation ... Thiamine before initiation ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
infection after initiating ... features after initiating ... 2 weeks after initiation ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... Inflammatory #Syndrome #Differential
Do you start Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) on a first time seizure?

SHINE Mnemonic:
 • first seizure occurred
Drugs #Seizure #FirstTime ... #Initiation #start
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
30yo, M; Recent initiation ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential
Factors to be considered in deciding to initiate treatment empirically for active tuberculosis (TB) (prior to
#tuberculosis #initiation ... #management #IDSA