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A good approach when dealing with hypotension at the bedside includes using the following systematic four
Vascular Resistance #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #Hypotensive ... Hypotension #Approach #Algorithm
Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index - estimates 30d mortality #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk
30d mortality #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... and Management ... Algorithm STEMI: ... COPD, asthma, CF, PCP ... #Management #Algorithm
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Non-spore-forming Risk ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Non-spore-forming Risk ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
short course of treatment ... -HSV-PCR is generally ... provide empiric treatment ... awaiting an HSV PCR ... is proposed: #Management
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
and Management ... histopathology, culture, PCR ... , K39) Treatment ... 20 mg/kg/d IV/IM ... #management #treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
immunocompromised, IBD) • ↑Risk ... Lowest Risk: Tetracyclines ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
algorithm to determine ... Recent PCI/stenting ... since elective PCI ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
carbon loving' Risk ... Asplenia (greatest risk ... specificity of PCR ... Treatment: • 50% ... #management #treatment