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Original and Simplified PESI Prediction Rule Test Characteristics for 30-Day Mortality
#EBM #Diagnosis	#EM #IM #PCC	#PESI #sPESI #risk
Day Mortality #EBM ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI # ... sPESI #risk #score
Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index - estimates 30d mortality #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk
mortality #Diagnosis #Management ... #EM #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
Original and Simplified PESI PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk #score #PE #Table
PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • DM risk ... Lung abscess ... Abscess Management ... Clindamycin in case of PCN
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
blood pressure #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
blood pressure #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Recent PCI/stenting ... since elective PCI ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management ... #Evaluation #stratification
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)  - The PSI was developed from an administrative data set of
of populations #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Acute Diarrhea (>3 BM ... immunocompromised, IBD) • ↑Risk ... Lowest Risk: Tetracyclines ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
lymph nodes Risk ... abscess Primary ... staining, NAA (PCR ... Inhibitor: • Risk ... TB #Diagnosis #Management