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Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning ... Non-diarrheal), ... vaccination/prophylaxis/medications ... Ill Contacts Infectious ... #Returning #Traveler
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology #
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning ... B, hepatitis C infection ... , HIV infection, ... HIV infection ... liver abscess • Diarrhea
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Fever in the Returning ... , travellers' diarrhea ... tattoos, piercings, injections ... #Returning #Traveler ... History #diagnosis #differential
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
recommended Infectious ... belli, Cyclospora Infectious ... Cytomegalovirus Non-Infectious ... : Medications, Acute ... Diagnosis #Infectious
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
Important causes of diarrhea ... count & sites of infection ... Coccidioides 4) Protozoal ... Questions @WuidQ #Diarrhea ... #HIVAIDS #Differential
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Drugs • ICP / Infections ... Heart block Medications ... • Sotalol • Propofol ... Cimetidine Infections
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... according to Blue Protocol ... Differential Bilat ... Pulmonary edema, ARDS ... interstitial diffuse infections
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
lymphoma, carcinoid, infectious ... syndrome Chronic infections ... Cytomegalovirus, HIV infection ... avium complex Protozoal ... #Causes #Differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... pain, chronic diarrhea ... Microsporidium #Lung #Infections ... #differential #