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Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Onset Fever - Differential ... Bacteremia Septic Shock ... Other: • Heat stroke ... #Fever #Acute
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... and signs (e.g., fever ... conditions: • Stroke ... arteritis • Acute
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Burns, Sepsis) • Shock ... • Acute Pancreatitis ... • Post-Stroke ... endocrinology #causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Shock - Differential ... contractility) - Acute ... exacerbation (any cause ... Eric Strong https ... Classification #Table
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
tentorial herniation, stroke ... • Severe nausea ... • Fever - Febrile ... sensory deficit - Stroke ... #differential #
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Abnormalities - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... tamponade • AECOPD/ Acute ... • Hypovolemic shock ... #causes
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Fever • Nuchal ... meningovascular (stroke ... Symptoms: • Acute ... meningeal signs (fever ... regarded as a strong
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
characterized by: • Headache ... Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... circulation: MCA ACA ... Reversible course Differential ... Constipation, Seizures, Stroke
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... Hepatic artery: Shock ... VZV • Trauma: Shock
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl ...  Most common cause ... of acute flaccid ... Differential diagnosis ... , fever, & asymmetric