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Web chart of etiologies related to inflammatory head and neck masses.

#pediatrics #peds #differential #causes #pearls #head
inflammatory head and neck ... #pediatrics #peds ... #differential #causes ... #pearls #head #neck ... viral #bacterial #clinical
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
SOB, N/V, stiff neck ... Toxin C -> N. meningitidis ... onset of fever, neck ... hearing loss, meningitis ... Immunization #peds #pediatrics
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis ... Severe neck ... stiffness causes ... flex when the neck ... #clinical #video
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis ... Severe neck ... stiffness causes ... flex when the neck ... #clinical #video
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
following passive neck ... Passive neck flexion ... causes spinal cord ... #Clinical #Video ... #PhysicalExam #Pediatrics
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
non-productive cough, nausea ... diarrhea • Aseptic Meningitis ... pulmonary disease ARDS ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical
Palpable Skin Crepitus on Physical Exam

Notice these air bubbles under the skin. An 86-year-old woman with
Palpable Skin Crepitus ... visualized in the neck ... and spaces can cause ... spreading to the head, neck ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... should be based on clinical ... present in 15% of cases ... Fever, headache, neck ... Demyelinating disease caused
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Bezold abscess (Neck ... hearing loss, nausea ... cortical bone -> Meningitis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
treatment of HIV/AIDS ... be present: • AIDS ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... unintentional weight loss, nausea