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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
Aminoglycosides  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Amikacin, Streptomycin -30S inhibitor (all IV)
Spectrum: Extremely efficacious vs.
Gram positives ( ... beta-lactams against gram positive ... effect (mainly in endocarditis ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Vancomycin and Dalbavancin (lipoglycopeptide antibiotics) - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Glycopeptide -  inhibits cell wall synthesis
synthesis in Gram positives ... Spectrum: gram positive ... Used for: all sorts ... or proven gram positive ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics
Drugs for Heart Failure

#medications #chf #pathophysiology #cardiology #pharmacology
medications #chf #pathophysiology ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Cardiovascular effects of intravenous infusion of Epinephrine, Norepinephrine and Isoproterenol

#Epinephrine #Norepinephrine #Isoproterenol #Pharmacology #Cardiovascular #Effects #Pathophysiology
Isoproterenol #Pharmacology ... Cardiovascular #Effects #Pathophysiology ... #Cardiology
Daptomycin  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Lipopeptide antibiotic – forms transmembrane channels and depolarizes cells.
only covers Gram positives ... MRSA bacteremia/endocarditis ... cidal nature) #Pharmacology
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 ... #Endocarditis ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Heart Failure Medications Summary
Inhibitors of the Renin-Angiotensin System:
 • ACE Inhibitors: Benazepril, Captopril, Enalapril, Lisinopril, Quinapril,
ISDN/hydralazine Positive ... Neseritide Intravenous Positive ... Medications #CHF #cardiology ... #pharmacology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... significantly positive ... • Infective Endocarditis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology ... #causes #cardiology
Timeline for Progression of T2WI and DWI Findings in Acute Stroke
 - In the acute phase
After this it starts ... DWI is already positive ... infarction will be positive ... infarction DWI is only positive ... Timeline #Neurology #Radiology