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My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
Negative Blood Cultures ... antibiotics prior to cultures ... therapy - Number one cause ... of culture negative ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes ... Pneumothorax Other Causes ... Obstruction - Rupture ... Gastritis - PUD
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

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Perform paracentesis:
 • Cell count and diff 
 • Total
Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... and anaerobic culture ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... • Esophageal rupture ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... Cancer • Stomach: PUD ... • Duodenum: PUD ... differential #diagnosis #Causes ... #algorithm
Corynebacterium diphtheriae on Culture and Microscopy
Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the cause of vaccine-preventable diphtheria.

Matching name to features:
"Coryne" (korune)
diphtheriae on Culture ... diphtheriae, the cause ... Rich Davis, PhD, ... #diphtheriae #Culture
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... including blood culture ... , urine culture, ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm
Causes of Late Bleeding in Pregnancy (2nd & 3rd Trimester) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bleeding from Os
Causes of Late Bleeding ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... abruption • Uterine rupture ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Obstetrics
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
and Diagnosis Algorithm ... → Urine culture ... proteinuria, RBC casts ... Nephrology if cause ... Hematuria #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Papillary muscle rupture on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C

Rare case! 70M recent MI with acute resp failure
Papillary muscle rupture ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - A4C Rare case ... on POCUS Labeled ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram