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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... Did they receive antibiotics ... Decreased yield due to antibiotic ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
Daptomycin - Antibiotics ... Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic ... No gram negative ... MRSA bacteremia/endocarditis ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
Endocarditis Algorithm ... HACEK • Culture-negative ... epidermidis • Gram-negative ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Endocarditis ... #Algorithm #Infective
Aminoglycosides  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Amikacin, Streptomycin -30S inhibitor (all IV)
Spectrum: Extremely efficacious vs.
Aminoglycosides - Antibiotics ... . aerobic Gram negatives ... : serious gram negative ... effect (mainly in endocarditis ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... • Native and ... prosthetic valve endocarditis ... for TPN) and antibiotic ... #Infective #Endocarditis
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
infection - Management Algorithm ... start empiric antibiotics ... Antibiotic Management ... metastatic infection (endocarditis ... infection #Management #Algorithm
Various wide complex tachycardia (WCT) differentiation algorithmic designs and algorithms.
The most commonly utilized approaches to differentiate
differentiation algorithmic ... designs and algorithms ... VTach #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Algorithms
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
blood culture negative ... infective endocarditis ... causes #culture #negative ... #Endocarditis # ... #CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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Relative Risk of ... for Infective Endocarditis ... Previous infective endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #RiskFactors #Cardiology
Comprehensive use of different electrocardiogram recording strategies for the diagnosis of palpitations #Diagnosis #Management #PrimaryCare #Cardiology
use of different electrocardiogram ... #PrimaryCare #Cardiology ... #Palpitations #Algorithm