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Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
to narrow your differential ... : incubation period ... #differentials # ... diagnosis #medicine ... #infectiousdisease
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
Diagnosis Framework ... and Management ... Diagnosis: • ... Indications for Intubation ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
cellars, barns and ... Presentation: • Incubation ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Respiratory viruses (25-45%)
 • Group A Strep (5-15%)
 • Other bacteria:
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential ... Diagnosis Infectious ... strain • Trauma (intubation ... #Pharyngitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... It can also cause ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential # ... infectiousdiseases
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... and compensatory ... Shock can be caused ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Shock #Differential
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Causes of Urinary ... Obstruction - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Uric acid ... #Causes #Urology
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis ... Presentation: • Incubation ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... Leishmaniasis #diagnosis ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... Kingella spp) and ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis and Screening ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... #Diagnosis #Causes