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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Cardinal Symptoms ... localizing signs ... or symptoms - Malaria ... , acute HIV infection ... , Lassa fever, acute
Acute Otitis Media: Complications
Infection and inflammation of the middle ear
 - Prolonged obstruction of e. tube
Acute Otitis Media ... becomes more severe Signs ... • High grade fever ... Complications #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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• Meningeal signs ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... and signs (e.g. ... , fever, myalgia ... arteritis • Acute
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Low-grade fever ... insufficiency, fever ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... - The classic signs
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
, Mild sensory symptoms ... or signs, Cranial ... dysfunction, Absence of fever ... nervous system signs ... hexacarbon abuse • Acute
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
: fever, immunocompromise ... or at work) - acute ... shoulder girdle symptoms ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... signs/symptoms
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... General: fever, ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... • Headache • Fever ... : • Acute meningeal ... signs (fever, nuchal
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
mild (malaise, fever ... Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... /symptoms, positive ... serology, smear
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Illness Script PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... Males=Females SIGNS ... /SYMPTOMS: • Acute ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... diagnosis #management #pulmonary