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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential Diagnosis ... PHANTOMS): • Pattern ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... , fever, myalgia ... ) • Temporal arteritis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Still's disease • Rheumatoid ... arthritis • Crohn's ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... • Is there a pattern ... noninflammatory Signs ... constitutional symptoms ... fever • Lyme
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Episcleritis Signs ... and Symptoms: ... - Headaches ... - Neutrophilic rheumatoid ... ’s syndrome - Lupus
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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< 30 years - Aorta ... : Systemic rheumatic ... such as systemic lupus ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... purpura: strong sign
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
weight loss, and fever ... ANCA-associated vasculitis, rheumatoid ... PNS and CNS • Headache ... : • Symptoms limited ... Fever, Serositis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
: • Systemic rheumatic ... purpura: Strong sign ... < 30 years • Aorta ... ): • Aorta and ... 50 years • New headache
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
immunization Temporal arteritis ... (eg, systemic lupus ... patterns - History ... #redflags #signs ... #emergency #diagnosis