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Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Debridement and Management ... of Prosthetic Joint ... Infection (PJI) ... #Prosthetic #Joint ... #Debridement #Management
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Thrombocytopenia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Prosthetic Heart ... Thrombocytopenia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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• Native and prosthetic ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Diagnosis Acute ... Endocarditis, Acute Prosthetic ... Degeneration, Prosthetic ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
Culture-negative Prosthetic ... Diphtheroids Prosthetic ... Noninfective #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... Diagnosis of Macroscopic ... (bladder neck, prostatic ... ) #Diagnosis #EM ... #Macroscopic #Differential
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic ... Stroke #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
Ischemic Stroke - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Mitral stenosis, Prosthetic ... #Stroke #CVA #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... , HUS) • Prosthetic ... Extravascular #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
Multiple masses The differential ... diagnostic list ... most important diagnoses ... is difficult to differentiate ... #Management #Radiology