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Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index Scoring Criteria #EBM #Diagnosis #Management #PESI #RiskSscore #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism
Scoring Criteria #EBM ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #PESI #RiskSscore ... #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism
Original and Simplified PESI Prediction Rule Test Characteristics for 30-Day Mortality
#EBM #Diagnosis	#EM #IM #PCC	#PESI #sPESI #risk
and Simplified PESI ... Day Mortality #EBM ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI # ... #Specificity #PulmonaryEmbolism
Original and Simplified PESI PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk #score #PE #Table
and Simplified PESI ... PulmonaryEmbolism ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI # ... sPESI #risk #score
Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index - estimates 30d mortality #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk
30d mortality #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score ... #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
- 11 million diagnoses ... (herpangina), EBV ... haemolyticum, chlamydia pneumoniae ... , mycoplasrna pneumoniae ... #differential #diagnosis
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Cold, croup • EBV ... Chlamydophila pneumoniae ... - Bronchitis, pneumonia ... Pharyngitis #IDSA #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
may aid in the diagnosis ... In this case, pulmonary ... Radiology #Cardiology #HamptonHump ... #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... specificity 2) Pneumonia ... unformed) PNA diagnosed ... 3) Meningitis Diagnose ... #Peds #EM #Classification
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
- Differential Diagnosis ... virus • CMV • EBV ... Photophobia • Nausea ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... (< 50%) • S. pneumoniae
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential Diagnosis ... of aspiration pneumonia ... • ANA < 20 % IBM ... of aspiration pneumonia ... statins - probably caused