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Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
life-threatening), and noncardiac ... should be guided by clinical
Approach to Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Patients underqoinq Noncardiac Surgery
1. Emergent Surgery?
2. Risk Stratify eg NSQIP
3.
Patients underqoinq Noncardiac
Nocardia on Culture and Respiratory Microscopy
 - Gram stain from plate culture: classic beaded, branching GPR
Nocardia on Culture ... richdavisphd #Nocardia ... Sputum #Microscopy #clinical
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
New ischemia Noncardiac
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
- Fastidious: Nocardia ... gonorrhoeae, bartonella, nocardia ... Burkholderia, Nocardia
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Fungal Infection, Nocardia
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
H.capsultaum, Nocardia ... Aspergillus spp., Nocardia
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
#ChestPain #Noncardiac
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
cardiomyopathy • Noncardiac ... and heart • For noncardiac
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
spread: common: nocardia ... Sporotrichiosis #Infection #clinical