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

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Features of Infective Endocarditis ... nodes - Splinter haemorrhages ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Symptoms #Signs ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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and Management Summary ... Diagnostic Criteria ... , signs, and complications ... ), Thrombosis, Hemorrhage ... #Management #Summary
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
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
causes dot/blot hemorrhages ... retina and flame hemorrhages ... hypo-pigmented ring due ... ophthalmology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... infection Cardinal Symptoms ... without localizing signs ... or symptoms - Malaria ... Bleeding, petechia - Hemorrhagic
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
and Management Summary ... duodenum Clinical Signs ... /Symptoms: • Classic ... presentation • Minor hemorrhage ... #Management #Summary
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Endocarditis - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... lesions, splinter hemorrhages ... : Duke Criteria ... #Diagnosis #Summary
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
Insufficiency - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... inhibitors, bilateral hemorrhage ... ketoconazole, etomidate) Symptoms ... still be present due
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
which might be due ... Diagnosis and Context ... is not diagnostic ... onset of other symptoms ... In summary, Cullen's