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Infective Endocarditis: Modified Duke Criteria
Clinical Criteria: 
1. Two major criteria 
2. One major and three minor
Endocarditis: Modified Duke ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke ... #Endocarditis #Duke ... #Major #Minor #Diagnosis
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Endocarditis - Diagnosis ... , Roth spots) Diagnosis ... : Duke Criteria ... #Endocarditis #Diagnosis ... #Summary #duke
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
ischemic insult due ... Differential Diagnosis ... Endocarditis Diagnosis ... Suspicion -> TEE • Duke ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... ischemic insult due ... Marantic (NTBE) Diagnosis ... Suspicion → TEE • Duke ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Visual Field Pathways and Deficits
1 Total blindness of right eye due to complete lesion of right
blindness of right eye due ... Bipolar hemianopia due ... homonymous hemianopia due ... quadrantanopia due ... Hemianopsia #Hemianopia #Diagnosis
Hyperkalemic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Type 4 - 

Failure to acidify urine in collecting duct
collecting duct due ... reabsorption Either due ... #Hyperkalemic #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
- Differential Diagnosis ... Prerenal: • Due ... Intrinsic: • Due ... Postrenal: • Due ... #Differential #Diagnosis
EKG showing prominent U waves due to hypokalemia. Serum potassium 2.0. 

#EKG #emergencymedicine #criticalcare #cardiology #internalmedicine
prominent U waves due ... internalmedicine #EM #diagnosis