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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
• Rickettsial diseases ... : • Still's disease ... • Crohn disease ... • Behcet disease ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
Equivalents / Don't Miss Signs ... bigger than QRS - deWinter ... triple vessel disease ... #EKG #diagnosis ... Interpretation #differential
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Malar rash 40% - Fever ... auto-immune, Infectious diseases ... sclerosis, Still's disease ... autoantibodies #signs ... #rheumatology
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
IBD, Whipple's disease ... • Whipple's disease ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... #joint #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
benign breast diseases ... bruising/erythema/sign ... Patient may have fever ... mass #breast #diseases ... #benign #differential
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagas Disease - ... Summary Chagas disease ... an infectious disease ... Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Diagnostic Approach and Differential ... than one cause (e.g ... dullness, puddle sign ... incisional). 3) Signs ... of underlying disease
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 ... interstitial lung disease ... partially seen shred sign
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Syndrome Systemic disease ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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pain • Kawasaki Disease ... (Granulomatous disease ... atherosclerotic disease ... most important diseases ... purpura: strong sign