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Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
spp Although HACEK ... classically listed under BCNIE ... febrilepodcast] #BCNIE ... #Microbiology #CNIE ... #BCNIE #cardiology
Altitude Sickness: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Altitude Cerebral Edema ... (HACE) and High ... Altitude Pulmonary ... Edema (HAPE) ... Mountain #AMS #HACE
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Endocarditis (BCNIE ... Etiologies - "True" BCNIE ... Legionella spp Although HACEK ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... @ID_fellows #BCNIE
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... edema due to heart ... called cardiogenic edema ... non-cardiogenic edema ... edema due to a
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
), Cardiogenic pulmonary ... edema (↓ mortality ... : Helmet, Full Face ... , Partial Face, ... #indications #pulmonary
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - ... Edema: • Accumulation ... edema (HAPE) generally ... associated with HAPE ... #edema #causes
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
Clinical 
 • Encephalopathy 
 • Ataxic gait 
 • Severe lassitude
Altitude Cerebral Edema ... (HACE) Clinical ... Hyperbaric therapy #HACE ... Altitude #Cerebral #Edema
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
this 30 y/o male have ... mitral valves and pulmonary ... edema in the far
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)
Severe AMS with altered mental status, ataxia, and other neurological manifestations such
Altitude Cerebral Edema ... (HACE) Severe AMS ... Etiology of AMS/HACE ... occurrence of AMS/HACE ... #HACE #diagnosis
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
symptoms must have ... the patient must have ... consistent with pulmonary ... edema must be present ... lung collapse, or pulmonary