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Predicting Failure of Outpatient Oral Antibiotics for Cellulitis

Odds Ratios by symptoms: Fever, Chronic Leg Ulcers, Edema,
Outpatient #Predictors #OddsRatio ... #OR
Clostridium Dificile Risk by Antibiotic Class

Pooled and study-specific risk estimates of community-associated CDI risk by antibiotic
Table #Comparison #OddsRatio
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) Criteria - Definitions of Sepsis, Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Systemic Inflammatory
100.40F (380C) or ... WBC > 12,000/mm3 or ... < 4,000/mm3, or ... SBP < 90 or SBP ... , Hypotension, or
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or ... weeks gestation or ... No proteinuria or ... SBP ≥ 160 or DBP ... Dipstick ≥2+) OR
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
Biomarkers + ECG or ... QRS in 2 leads or ... - proximal LAD or ... ST depression or ... MI - R/S >1 or
Prothrombin Time (PT) and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)

Prothrombin Time (PT) - Often Elevated in:
 • Vitamin
Vitamin K deficiency or ... VII deficiency or ... VIII deficiency or ... fibrinogen deficiency or
Pulmonary Embolism - Signs and Symptoms
Most Common Presenting SYMPTOMS 
 - Dyspnea at rest or with
Dyspnea at rest or ... 28%) - Calf or ... thigh pain or swelling ... or both (44%) ... 54%) - Calf or
Nephritic vs Nephrotic Syndrome

Step 1: If the patient has hematuria and/or proteinuria, think about nephrotic/nephritic syndromes.
Step
hematuria and/or ... hematuria (RBC casts or
Pulmonary Function Testing: Flow Volume Loop Patterns
 • Variable extra-thoracic obstruction - truncated or flattened inspiratory
obstruction - truncated or ... obstruction - truncation or ... obstruction - truncation or ... concave upward or ... concave upward or
Management of interstitial lung disease (ILD)-associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Therapeutic indication: absolute decline in FVC >10%
decline in FVC >10% (or ... >200 mL) and/or ... in DLCO >15% (or ... the 12 months OR