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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Disease Diagnosis ... Where did you travel ... uw_IMresidency #Travel ... #Diagnosis #Traveler
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... Acute bacterial meningitis ... Non-Infectious Causes ... falls (like a wave ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
Important Causes ... Botulism, Basilar meningitis ... Thyroid myopathy (Graves ... disease), Ophthalmoplegic ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... malignancy, autoimmune disease ... HTN) • Recent travel ... /Fevers, DAT (-) ... #causes
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... without localizing signs ... #differential # ... #travel
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... Infectious: • Meningitis ... lesion of MLF) • Graves ... #Diplopia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Eosinophilic Lung Diseases ... Fungal, parasites; Travel ... Eosinophilic #Lung #Diseases ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... immunosuppression, travel ... Differential Bilat ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... interstitial lung disease
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
-14 days): • Fever ... ): • Aseptic meningitis ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis ... #Illness #Signs
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
- Differential ... • Headache • Fever ... parenchymatous (tabes ... Acute meningeal signs ... (fever, nuchal