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Skull Sutures Anatomy
 - Sagittal Suture
 - Coronal Suture
 - Lambda
 - Lambdoid Suture

By @rev.med

#Skull #Sutures
Skull Sutures Anatomy ... - Sagittal Suture ... - Coronal Suture ... Lambda - Lambdoid Suture ... rev.med #Skull #Sutures
Laceration Repair and Sutures - A cheat sheet guide: Suture Selection, Removal Timing and Technique

Suture Techniques:
Laceration Repair and Sutures ... cheat sheet guide: Suture ... and Technique Suture ... separate deep sutures ... Laceration #Repair #Sutures
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
which can also cause ... infective endocarditis ... is caused by HACEK ... More commonly endocarditis ... is caused by Alpha-haemolytic
Not sure what suture to use? PBL Infographic by @MClarkMD2B During EMClerkship - J. Scott Wieters
Not sure what suture ... #Management #Sutures
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... Negative Blood Cultures ... antibiotics prior to cultures ... therapy - Number one cause ... #Infective #Endocarditis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
from Infective Endocarditis ... Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis ... Features of Infective Endocarditis ... in up to 30% of cases ... #NonInfective #Endocarditis
Infective Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pearls:
 - Consider non-infectious endocarditis in pts with cancer/SLE and
Infective Endocarditis ... non-infectious endocarditis ... cancer/SLE and - cultures ... #Infective #Endocarditis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Microbiology: Blood cultures ... positive in 90% of IE cases ... Septic Emboli Cause ... • Blood cultures ... Treat underlying cause
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
 •
Infective endocarditis ... prosthetic valve endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Sources #Causes
DENOVA score to predict endocarditis in patients with Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia
 • Duration of symptoms ≥
score to predict endocarditis ... Number of positive cultures ... DENOVA #score #endocarditis