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Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
TEE) • Chest CT ... w/ septic pulmonary ... • Aggressive management ... #criticalcare #diagnosis ... #management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Differential Diagnosis ... Diagnosis? ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Cheerio Sign (Open Bronchus Sign) on Chest CT
 • Pulmonary nodule with a central lucency
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Sign) on Chest CT ... • Pulmonary nodule ... DDx: Pulm adeno Ca ... Cheerio #Sign #CT ... #diagnosis #radiology
Bronchus Sign on Chest CT
 • Airway leading directly to a peripheral lung nodule or mass
Sign on Chest CT ... : Bronchogenic Ca ... Bronchus #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Corona Radiata (Sunburst sign) on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass, with spiculated and inegular margins
sign) on Chest CT ... : Bronchogenic Ca ... Sunburst #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
CT Angiogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Prominent pulm vessels traversing through an area of parenchymal
CT Angiogram Sign ... on Chest CT • ... mucinous adeno Ca ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Air Crescent Sign on Chest CT
 • Crescentic or circumferential rim of radiolucent airspace within a
Sign on Chest CT ... , bronchogenic Ca ... Crescent #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Sign on Chest CT ... infarction, pulm adeno Ca ... Bronchogram #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Marantic (NTBE) Diagnosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases