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Predicting Failure of Outpatient Oral Antibiotics for Cellulitis

Odds Ratios by symptoms: Fever, Chronic Leg Ulcers, Edema,
Cellulitis #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
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
CATCH Predictors ... helmet #CATCH #Predictors
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
ChestPain #Cardiac #Predictors
SMART-COP predicts people with CAP who will require admission to intensive care requiring ventillatory or vasopressor
SMART-COP predicts
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
ACS patients: predictor ... wave in aVR • Predictor
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
are not great predictors
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
Most Significant Predictor
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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• PAPi ≤ 0.9 predicts ... • PAPi < 1.85 predicts
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
• CURB-65 Predictors