OnlineMedEd Shared "Endocarditis" - 4 Picmonics
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Endocarditis
Endocarditis Interventions
- Interventions
- IV Antibiotics
- 4-6 Weeks
- Anticoagulants
- Good Hygiene
- Considerations
- Closely Monitor
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Dental Procedures
- Invasive Procedures
1 min
Bacterial Endocarditis
- Signs and Symptoms
- Fever
- New murmur
- Janeway Lesions
- Splinter Hemorrhages
- Roth spots/round white spots on retina
- Osler nodes/tender lesions on finger or toe pads
- Anemia
2 mins
Endocarditis Assessment
- Infection of Inner Layer and Valves
- Assessment
- Fever
- Fatigue
- New or Changed Murmurs
- Roth's Spots
- Splinter Hemorrhages
- Janeway Lesions
- Osler's Nodes
- Considerations
- Heart Failure
- Embolization
2 mins
Duke Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
- Major Criteria
- Blood Culture Positive
- Endocardial Involvement
- Minor Criteria
- Fever
- Immunologic Phenomena
- Vascular Phenomena
- Predisposition
- Microbiological Evidence
- Diagnosis
- Two Major Criteria, or
- One Major and Three Minor Criteria, or
- Five Minor Criteria
4 mins
