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Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
develop severe disease ... brief interval symptom ... -14 days): • Fever ... renal + hepatic dysfunction ... hemorrhage • ARDS • Shock
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Rheumatic Heart Disease ... • Marfan's Disease ... Papillary Muscle Dysfunction ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
lesion Pott's Disease ... previous neurologic symptoms ... , fever, inccreased ... ) • Headache, fever ... Meningitis: • Fever
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC ... includes Kawasaki disease ... , scarlet fever, ... and toxic shock ... Erythematous #Rash #Algorithm
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
of Acute Onset Fever ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bacteremia Septic Shock ... • Sickle Cell disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... • Meniere's Disease ... Central Vestibular Dysfunction
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
- B symptoms ... - Pel-Ebstein fever ... translocation • Types: Classification ... : B symptoms, lymphadenopathy ... Diagnosis of B-Symptoms
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
the population Disease ... and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... - Headache, fever ... , Hypotension, shock
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
based solely on symptoms ... structural heart disease ... in patients who never ... show symptoms or ... past or current symptoms
SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 • Sepsis: Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host
Life-threatening organ dysfunction ... cellular/metabolic dysfunction ... Infection + Organ dysfunction ... • Symptoms: Fever ... to assess organ dysfunction