3 results
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
uncharacterized fevers ... CXR, obtain if findings ... #Peds #EM #Classification ... #Fever #SBI #SeriousBacterialIllness ... #Ddxof
The pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC) was created to reduce testing in patients who have a
The pulmonary embolism ... rule-out criteria ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... IM #PERC #Rule # ... #RebelEM
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Vascular (septic emboli ... : Duke Criteria ... predisposition/lVDU, Fever ... phenomena, ECHO findings ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM