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Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Implementation-of-an-evidence-based-algorithm-reduces-blood-culture-overuse-in-an-adult-emergency-department.php ... who meet SIRS criteria ... tract infection, endocarditis ... #Management #BloodCultures ... #Indications #Criteria
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Microbiology: Blood ... • Blood cultures ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... #diagnosis #management
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Emergency Management ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... Monitor K+ and Blood ... #Hyperkalemia #management ... #algorithm #treatment
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
with Infective Endocarditis ... ) Has Negative Blood ... therapy - Number one cause ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
and Management ... Aortic valve (tricuspid ... Diagnosis: Duke Criteria ... ) Major: +Blood ... included above, + Blood
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
other obvious causes ... PPHTN • Peak tricuspid ... diagnosis Diagnostic criteria ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... Hypertension #diagnosis #management
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
system to circulate blood ... flare ups that cause ... Treatments may include ... #Management #Cardiology ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
GAS in 30% of cases ... fasc Diagnostic Criteria ... body site (i.e., blood ... necrosis STSS Treatment ... #management #diagnosis
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
combined with various criteria ... short course of treatment ... provide empiric treatment ... HSV PCR would cause ... is proposed: #Management
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Algorithm • Temperature ... purulence Obtain blood ... metastatic infection (endocarditis ... Hernodynamically stable after treatment ... #Algorithm #CRBSI