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Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
B - Body for syndrome ... Gastrointestinal (Diarrheal ... Non-diarrheal), ... E - Exposure History ... Contacts Infectious Diseases
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Ova and parasite ... Travel to endemic ... fever, abdominal ... #workup #diagnosis
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... to Infectious Disease ... → Travelers' diarrhea ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... Commercial sex worker
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Systemic disease ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Hypernatremia Diagnosis and Workup

Step 1 . Repeat the sodium concentration.
Step 2.  Check plasma osmolality.
NORMAL PLASMA
Diagnosis and Workup ... volume loss - diarrhea ... - burns - fevers ... • nephrotic syndrome ... #Algorithm #Nephrology
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Burns • Diarrhea ... positive Family History ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Workup ... missing things" → fewer ... • If Diarrhea: ... #Diagnosis #workup
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
diagnosis after history ... Red Flags: • Fever ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... symptoms • Family history ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
with CVID have a history ... • Infectious diarrhea ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Travel Infectious ... region Viral Syndromes ... ; dengue shock syndrome ... capillary leak syndrome ... mosquito bite Diarrhea