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Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index - estimates 30d mortality #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk
30d mortality #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
A good approach when dealing with hypotension at the bedside includes using the following systematic four
individual component: 1. ... Vascular Resistance #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #Hypotensive
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Recent PCI/stenting ... since elective PCI ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • DM risk factor ... Pathophysiology: 1. ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... • Vasculitis (e.g
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
SIow growing, Long ... Incubation period is 1- ... Meningitis (13%), Pneumonia ... specificity of PCR ... #management #treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Acute Diarrhea (>3 BM ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... Lowest Risk: Tetracyclines ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... IV x 1 - Adjunct
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Ab • Anti-Jo-1 ... of aspiration pneumonia ... • ANA < 20 % IBM ... enzymes • Anti-Jo-1 ... Other Diseases: • PBC