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Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke ... Coxiella burnetii infection ... rheumatoid factor - Positive ... blood cultures ... #Duke #Criteria
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
for Infective Endocarditis ... demonstrating active endocarditis ... evidence of active infection ... febrilepodcast] #Duke ... criteria #Infective #Endocarditis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... are positive in ... (+): Acute: ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Suspicion -> TEE • Duke
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential ... are positive in ... Positive: • Acute ... Suspicion → TEE • Duke ... #Differential #
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... • Major blood ... Mucormycosis has five major ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... have positive blood
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
head in dependent position ... or at work) - acute ... preeclampsia: late pregnancy ... Killers #Lethal #Fatal ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
from injuries and infections ... affecting all major ... the recumbent position ... blood loss or acute ... pathophysiology #differential