Dukes criteria Flashcards
1
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what is required for diagnosis
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two major or one major and 3 minor or all five minor
2
Q
what is the scoring system
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to diagnosis infective endocarditis
3
Q
mneumonic to remember
A
BE FIVE PM
4
Q
major criteria
A
blood cultures
evidence of endocardial involvement; echo
5
Q
minor criteria
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fever
immunological phenomena
haemorrhages
vascular phenomena
echocardiogram
predisposing factors
microbiological evidence
6
Q
what are immunological phenomena
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roth spots, splinter haemorrhages or osler nodes
7
Q
vascular phenomene
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evidence of septic embolus, jaenway lesionsp
8
Q
predisposing factors
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known valvular disease etc
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