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

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
- Differential ... papilledema • Horner syndrome ... and signs (e.g., fever ... conditions: • Stroke ... arteritis • Acute
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Cushing's Syndrome ... Burns, Sepsis) • Shock ... • Acute Pancreatitis ... • Post-Stroke
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
tentorial herniation, stroke ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... • Fever - Febrile ... sensory deficit - Stroke ... symptoms #clues #differential
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
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 ... common cause of acute ... Differential diagnosis ... West Nile virus: Headache ... , fever, & asymmetric
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... Hepatic artery: Shock ... VZV • Trauma: Shock
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
weight loss, and fever ... Classification: • Acute ... permanent alopecia Differential ... PNS and CNS • Headache ... • Seizures • Strokes
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... coronary syndrome ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table