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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
nodes • Roth’s spots ... Diagnosis? ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #cardiology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Subacute bacterial endocarditis ... - SLE Neurologic ... fever - Bacterial endocarditis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... criteria for MS ... objective evidence of neurologic ... taper 3-7 days - Short ... #management #neurology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
nodes • Roth’s spots ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... → TEE • Duke Criteria ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology