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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
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
Index (PSI) as ... blood pressure #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification ... #PSI #PneumoniaSeverityIndex
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
Index (PSI) as ... blood pressure #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification ... #PSI #PneumoniaSeverityIndex
A good approach when dealing with hypotension at the bedside includes using the following systematic four
Vascular Resistance #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #Hypotensive
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)  - The PSI was developed from an administrative data set of
Index (PSI) - ... The PSI was developed ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification ... #PSI #PneumoniaSeverityIndex
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
visits/year for a PCP ... - 11 million diagnoses ... (herpangina), EBV ... , mycoplasrna pneumoniae ... #microbiology
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(CAP) - Diagnosis ... • Auscultatory findings ... Severity Index (PSI ... evidence) • PSI ... cultures/nasal PCR
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
carbon loving' Risk ... Meningitis (13%), Pneumonia ... specificity of PCR ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... #management #treatment