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Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Dissociation Causes ... • Infectious Causes ... , Typhoid fever, ... Non-Infectious Causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
BPM INFECTIOUS CAUSES ... • Typhoid Fever ... OTHER CAUSES ... There are specific cases ... #differential #causes
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... #bradycardia #Causes
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Continuous Fever ... (Step ladder: fever ... • Pyemia Malarial ... Non-Infectious Causes
Brugia malayi - Filariasis on Microscopy

What is Brugia malayi? It is a filarial parasitic worm that
It is a filarial ... worm that can cause ... The adult worms cause
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
pharyngeal erythema, fever ... pharyngeal erythema, fever ... attack meninges -> Fever ... Sudden onset of fever ... pruritic rash, fever
Identification flowchart for filariae
Sheathed
 - Red sheath, tail has 2 nuclei connected by a thread -
flowchart for filariae ... Identification #filariae
Scrotal ultrasound demonstrating the "filarial dance" in a patient with filariasis.

#Filariasis #Filarial #Dance #Scrotal #Ultrasound #POCUS
demonstrating the "filarial ... #Filariasis #Filarial
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Causes of Fever ... Brucellosis, Q fever ... vasculitis to cause ... , Factitious fever ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Fever by System #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Fever #Differential #Ddxof
Causes of Fever ... Diagnosis #EM #IM #Fever