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Original and Simplified PESI Prediction Rule Test Characteristics for 30-Day Mortality
#EBM #Diagnosis	#EM #IM #PCC	#PESI #sPESI #risk
and Simplified PESI ... Day Mortality #EBM ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI # ... sPESI #risk #score
Original and Simplified PESI PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk #score #PE #Table
and Simplified PESI ... PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
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
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Incubation is 1 ... • Hantavirus PCR ... • Autopsy PCR ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Pediatric Fever Without a Source - 3 months to 3 years - Additional Workup Beyond Urine
Conjugate Vaccines (PCV ... ) #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #EM #Workup ... #Algorithm #PCV ... PneumococcalConjugateVaccines #NoUTI #ALiEM
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
visits/year for a PCP ... - 11 million diagnoses ... (herpangina), EBV ... #differential #diagnosis ... #microbiology
Trick of the Trade: Naloxone Dilution for IV Use - Given that many ED overdose patients
Obtain a 1 mL vial ... Draw up the 1 mL ... Administer 1-2 mL ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #Naloxone
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... histopathology, culture, PCR ... Treatment: 1) ... 20 mg/kg/d IV/IM ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
• Auscultatory findings ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... Severity Index (PSI ... evidence) • PSI ... cultures/nasal PCR