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Infective Endocarditis: Modified Duke Criteria
Clinical Criteria: 
1. Two major criteria 
2. One major and three minor
Infective Endocarditis ... : Modified Duke ... Criteria Clinical ... Criteria: 1. ... InfectiousDiseases #Endocarditis
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
for Infective Endocarditis ... major clinical criteria ... involvement - Echocardiogram ... febrilepodcast] #Duke ... #Endocarditis #
Centor - Clinical Decision Rule for Management of Sore Throat #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #Centor #Criteria
Centor - Clinical ... Decision Rule for Management ... Throat #Diagnosis #Management ... EM #IM #Centor #Criteria ... #StrepThroat #Algorithm
Centor - Clinical Decision Rule for Management of Sore Throat #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #Centor #Criteria
Centor - Clinical ... Decision Rule for Management ... Throat #Diagnosis #Management ... EM #IM #Centor #Criteria ... #StrepThroat #Algorithm
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
who meet SIRS criteria ... infections, whose clinical ... tract infection, endocarditis ... #Management #BloodCultures ... #Indications #Criteria
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... Decreased yield due ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... ischemic insult due ... Suspicion -> TEE • Duke ... Criteria • ↑ ESR ... #diagnosis #management
LVOTO due to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram

Septic patient after IV fluids and initiation of Levophed. Worsening
LVOTO due to SAM ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Management? ... #HOCM #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... Cardiology #PLAX #clinical
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
if they have no clinical ... before performing echocardiogram ... purposes of this algorithm ... those >day 10 with clinical ... Disease #Incomplete #Algorithm
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... and hepatic vein criteria ... have tap next day due ... Pericarditis #CP #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology