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Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... Persistent fever, positive ... • Aggressive management ... #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Infective Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pearls:
 - Consider non-infectious endocarditis in pts with cancer/SLE and
Infective Endocarditis ... Diagnosis and Management ... non-infectious endocarditis ... of IE like Roth spots ... #Diagnosis #Management
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke ... Osler's nodes, Roth spots ... rheumatoid factor - Positive ... criteria #Endocarditis
Hypotension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Anesthesiology - Differential ... Diagnosis and Management ... Initial checklist ... Head down position ... #Diagnosis #Management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... Blood cultures are positive ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... #diagnosis #management
Cardiff COVID-19 Daily checklist - Matt Morgan
A daily checklist for critically ill #covid19 patients. Concentrates on
COVID-19 Daily checklist ... Morgan A daily checklist ... - Is there a positive ... dr_mattmorgan #checklist ... criticalcare #SARSCoV2 #management
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
worsen with head position ... findings BPPV • Short-lived ... Positive Hallpike ... Positive head impulse ... Vertigo #Algorithm #differential
Rich Levitan teaches the VAPORS pneumonic: a quick run-through of the main issues to sort prior
main issues to sort ... from Scotland #Management ... VAPORS #Mnemonic #Checklist
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
 •
autoantibodies: positive ... • Blood smear: Differential ... → schizocytes, Positive ... Anemia #diagnosis #management
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
Microbiology: Gram Positive ... peritonitis, and endocarditis ... Meningitis 10-14 days, Endocarditis ... microbiology #diagnosis #management