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Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature ... Bradycardia • Infectious ... • Non-Infectious ... 30048576/ #Faget #Sign ... #bradycardia #differential
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's ... INCREASES 8-10 BPM INFECTIOUS ... the most likely infection ... help hone your differential ... #Fagets #Sign #Pulse
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... and bacterial infections ... falls (like a wave ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... #Patterns #Differential
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... without localizing signs ... , HIV infection, ... Returning #Traveler #differential ... diagnosis #tropical #travel
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
assessment - Vital signs ... - CBC with differential ... presentation in winter ... Additional tox/infectious ... (fever, leukocytosis
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
J point • De Winter ... symmetrical T-waves ... V2 • Wellens sign ... pain • Wellens sign ... EKG #diagnosis #differential
Hemolytic Anemias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Signs of anemia and hemolysis:
 • ↓ Haptoglobin
 • ↑ LDH
Hemolytic Anemias - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Signs ... Hypersplenism, Infection ... Hemolytic #Anemias #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hematology
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Illness Script Signs ... : • Recurrent infections ... if neutropenic fever ... management #treatment #hematology
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Diagnostic Approach and Differential ... findings: Fluid wave ... LR 2.1) - fluid wave ... dullness, puddle sign ... incisional). 3) Signs
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... • Meningeal signs ... Systemic symptoms and signs ... (e.g., fever, myalgia ... lesion • CNS infection