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Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning ... Traveler - ABCDE ... Undifferentiated fever ... Contacts Infectious Diseases ... @ID_fellows #Fever
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... disease caused ... Restricted to the Andes ... Inflammation: high fever ... #diagnosis #management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Clinical triad: Fever ... cancers • Systemic diseases ... autoinflammatory diseases ... #diagnosis #management
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Clinical • Fever ... Guillain-Barré syndrome Management ... Antibiotics for severe disease ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis #Management
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
include Lassa fever ... : - Rat-Bite Fever ... AnnKumfer #Rats #Diseases ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis #Management
OPIOID SWITCHING AND TAPERING.

Long term opioid use results in physical (and potentially psychological) dependence. Opioids should
include: chills, fever ... , body aches, diarrhea ... pharmacology #conversion #management
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
POCUS Stewardship ... → Spectrum of Disease ... 3: Spectrum of Disease ... the spectrum of disease ... #ultrasound #management
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Pneumonia on Lung POCUS ... healthy pt with fever ... POCUS lung exam ... interstitial lung disease ... Lung POCUS shows
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
ABCDEFG (ABC's and ... Don't Ever Forget ... Treatment #Algorithm #Management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... : • 80% have fever ... Lung Abscess Management ... Intervention: - Fevers ... differential #causes #management