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Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
Right heart dysfunction ... right ventricular dysfunction ... of myocardial performance ... annular plane systolic ... CongestiveHeartFailure #RVFailure #Criteria
Comparison of Fever Algorithms for Infants <3 months old

AGE, INCLUSION, TESTS 
REQUIRED, "LOW RISK" CRITERIA, TREATMENT,
Comparison of Fever Algorithms ... , TREATMENT, Performance ... of low-risk criteria ... #Comparison #Table ... #Performance
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
moderate diastolic dysfunction ... pulmonary artery systolic ... Diastolic #Diastology #Dysfunction ... Classification #Grades #Criteria ... #Table #Assessment
Guide to systemic mastocytosis

Criteria for diagnosis: at least 1 major and 1 minor or 3 minor
Guide to systemic ... without organ dysfunction ... lauraebrown #systemic ... hemepath #pathology #algorithm ... #diagnosis #clinical
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
high index of clinical ... features: Fever -, Systemic ... -(rare), Valve dysfunction ... features: Fever +, Systemic ... Marantic #diagnosis #table
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Myocardial • Systolic ... Dysfunction • ... Diastolic Dysfunction ... Artery Disease • Stable
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
with Suspected Systemic ... Algorithm Source ... who meet SIRS criteria ... infections, whose clinical ... #Indications #Criteria
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... infection with systemic ... or those with clinical ... evidence of organ dysfunction ... #SSTIs #Algorithm
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Seen in: • Systemic ... fever syndromes Clinical ... Fever is the main clinical ... (CNS) dysfunction ... Histopathologic criteria
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
if evidence of systemic ... if they have no clinical ... purposes of this algorithm ... those >day 10 with clinical ... Disease #Incomplete #Algorithm