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Infective Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pearls:
 - Consider non-infectious endocarditis in pts with cancer/SLE and
Infective Endocarditis ... - Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... - Classical signs ... lesions, splinter hemorrhages
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Clinical Features of Infective ... nodes - Splinter haemorrhages ... Haematuria #Infective ... Endocarditis #Symptoms #Signs ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Colonic Thumbprint Sign ... - Differential Diagnosis ... : UC and CD • infection ... /submucosal • hemorrhage ... Colon #Thumbprint #Sign
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... Full Set of Vital Signs ... #Management #Summary ... #criticalcare #
Causes of Post-Partum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Blood Loss: >500mL post vaginal delivery OR >1000 mL
of Post-Partum Hemorrhage ... - Differential Diagnosis ... section Uterine Atony ... distension • Uterine infection ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... B, hepatitis C infection ... without localizing signs ... Bleeding, petechia - Hemorrhagic ... #differential #diagnosis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Meningeal signs ... thrombosis • Hemorrhage ... lesion • CNS infection ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Subinvolution of the uterus refers to the delayed return of the uterus to its pre-pregnancy size
endometritis) Uterine atony ... abnormalities Signs ... is present Diagnosis ... Blood tests (if infection ... Antibiotics if infection
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential Diagnosis ... neurologic symptoms/signs ... nystagmus - Infection ... • Cerebellar Hemorrhage ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Ascites - Diagnostic ... and Differential Diagnosis ... dullness, puddle sign ... incisional). 3) Signs ... bloody fluid; hemorrhagic