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Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... and sources of infection ... • Native and prosthetic ... • Soft tissue infections ... Endocarditis #Sources #Causes
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
vs Noninfective Causes ... disease • Systemic infection ... Culture-negative Prosthetic ... Diphtheroids Prosthetic ... #Noninfective #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
disease - Post-infectious ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Urinary tract infection ... Medications • Benign prostatic ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... Endocarditis, Acute Prosthetic ... - Leaflet: • Infection ... Degeneration, Prosthetic ... Inflammatory: Infectious
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... Leukemia, Tumour) Ineffective ... Vasculitis • Infection ... Prosthetic Heart ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Sparing = Central cause ... Palsy (70-75%), Infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology #sparing
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Urinary calculi • Prostatic ... Post-infectious ... • Toxins • Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Management of Prosthetic ... Joint Infection ... (PJI) Duration ... sx of relapsed infection ... #Infection #treatment
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Inflammatory disease • Infection ... fibrosis Benign prostatic ... #Differential #Nephrology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
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Causes of Peripheral ... • Tumor • Infection ... • Neoplasm • Infection ... Weakness #Sensory #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes