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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 ... - Classical signs ... lesions, splinter hemorrhages ... #Summary
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Clinical Features of Infective ... Endocarditis ... #Endocarditis # ... Symptoms #Signs ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke ... Coxiella burnetii infection ... organs / brain, hemorhages ... #Duke #Criteria ... #Major #Minor #Diagnosis
Osler's Nodes in a patient with infective endocarditis

67yo presents with R occipital intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH) attributed
a patient with infective ... intraparenchymal hemorrhage ... confirming our working diagnosis ... embolic phenomena due ... #Oslers #Node #infective
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... without localizing signs ... , infective endocarditis ... Bleeding, petechia - Hemorrhagic ... endocarditis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... aneurysm • Splinter hemorrhages ... Differential Diagnosis ... Diagnosis? ... Suspicion -> TEE • Duke
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Endocarditis - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... typically secondary to infection ... lesions, splinter hemorrhages ... #Diagnosis #Summary
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pyogenic/focal infection ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... Leptospirosis • Viral hemorrhagic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Insufficiency - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... causes: TB, fungal infection ... inhibitors, bilateral hemorrhage ... still be present due
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... Due to: • Recurrent ... Nasal polyps and signs ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis