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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 ... malignancy #Infective ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Endocarditis, Acute Prosthetic ... Degeneration, Prosthetic ... Regurgitation #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective ... disease • Systemic infection ... Culture-negative Prosthetic ... Diphtheroids Prosthetic ... Noninfective #Causes #Differential
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Management of Prosthetic ... Joint Infection ... (PJI) Duration ... #Prosthetic #Joint ... #Infection #treatment
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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Conditions for Infective ... High Risk: - Prosthetic ... - Previous infective ... #RiskFactors #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Thrombocytopenia - Differential ... Leukemia, Tumour) Ineffective ... Vasculitis • Infection ... Prosthetic Heart ... Thrombocytopenia #Differential
Complications of Staph Aureus Bacteremia
 • CNS Infections
 • Septic pulmonary embolism (0.9% - 18.8%)
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Infections • Septic pulmonary ... (0.9-5.5%) • Infective ... 6% - 24%) - Prosthetic ... 1.4-18.8%) - Prosthetic
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Differential
Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
Responsible for Infective ... Diphtheroids Prosthetic ... negative #Infective ... Pathogens #Diagnosis #Differential
Chest XRay Consolidation Pattern - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Consolidation #Pattern #Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation Pattern - Differential ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Consolidation #Pattern #Differential