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Altitude Sickness: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Mountain Sickness (AMS ... Cerebral Edema (HACE ... Sickness #Mountain #AMS ... #HACE #HAPE #Diagnosis
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
Severe AMS with altered mental status, ataxia, and other neurological manifestations such
Cerebral Edema (HACE ... ) Severe AMS with ... HACE: • Predisposing ... /HACE strongest ... Cerebral #Edema #HACE
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
HACEK is the acronym ... endocarditis is caused by HACEK ... previously known as ... InfectiousDiseases #HACEK
Endocarditis - Organisms
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #Endocarditis #HACEK #Typical #Organisms
#Endocarditis #HACEK
Gram Negative Bacteria - Identification Algorithm
- Rods (Bacilli)
- Cocci (Diplococci)
- Coccobacilli
- HACEK Group

By Dr. Colleen S.
Coccobacilli - HACEK
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
epidermidis • HACEK
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
spp Although HACEK
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Mental Status (AMS ... • Cocaine • NMS ... #Hypertension #AMS
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Obtain cultures as ... much as possible ... if needed (and as ... much as possible ... much as possible
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
peripheral cause of AVS ... central cause of AVS ... therefore be used as ... patients with an AVS ... PhysicalExam #Neurology #AVS