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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
positive in 90% of IE cases ... Immunologic: • Osler ... Septic Emboli Cause ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... Treat underlying cause
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
positive in 90% of IE cases ... Immunologic: • Osler ... Septic emboli cause ... → TEE • Duke Criteria ... Treat underlying cause
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria ... Minor MAJOR CRITERIA ... infection MINOR CRITERIA ... glomerulonephritis, Osler's ... meet specific criteria
Endocarditis Signs

 - Osler's Node: Painful red fingers/toes ➔ immune
 - Janeway Lesion: Painless palms/soles ➔
Endocarditis Signs - Osler's ... Painless palms/soles
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... and atleast4 case ... #Pancreatitis #Causes
Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Causes of Small ... Diagnosis Common Causes ... NSAID ulcers Rare Causes ... Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Osler-Weber-Rendu ... Plummer-Vinson syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos
Osler's Nodes in a patient with infective endocarditis

67yo presents with R occipital intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH) attributed
Osler's Nodes in ... typically think of Osler ... NateWarnerMD #Oslers
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
and Prognosis Criteria ... present in 1 major criterion ... or 3 minor criteria ... met • Major criteria ... ventilation • Minor criteria
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Mnemonic NO cause ... found in 60% of cases ... Nodosum #Mnemonic #Causes
Skin Findings in Endocarditis - Skin findings include palpable petechiae, splinter hemorrhages (nail bed lesions), Janeway
the palms and soles ... ) and Osler’s nodes