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Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
pressure #Management #EM ... #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification ... #PSI #PneumoniaSeverityIndex ... #Criteria
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
pressure #Management #EM ... #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification ... #PSI #PneumoniaSeverityIndex ... #Criteria
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
uncharacterized fevers ... CSF evaluation as ... CXR, obtain if findings ... #Peds #EM #Classification ... #Ddxof
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
tricuspid in IVDU) Risk ... : Duke Criteria ... predisposition/lVDU, Fever ... phenomena, ECHO findings ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM