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Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
uncharacterized fevers ... presentation Urinalysis: LE ... diagnosed with CXR ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... Classification #Fever
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Cough, Dyspnea, Fever ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... , anti-CCP • CXR
Osler's Nodes in a patient with infective endocarditis

67yo presents with R occipital intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH) attributed
Pt develops fever ... Lesions are tender ... We typically think ... of Osler nodes (tender
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
breast e.g. biopsy, car ... Patient may have fever ... Present as soft, non-tender
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Here we have a number ... with cough and fever ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
active ROM +/- fever ... cervical, anal Cxs ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
cells - Blood & BM ... • Cytopenia -> BM ... Headaches, bone pain, fever ... manifestations, hypoxia, CXR ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers
Katayama Fever - Physical examination and diagnostic testing revealed multiple small papules on the trunk (Panel
Katayama Fever - ... InfectiousDisease #CXR ... Schistosomiasis #Katayama #Fever ... KatayamaFever #Rash #NEJM
Romosozumab or Alendronate for Fracture Prevention in Women with Osteoporosis - Incidence of New Vertebral, Clinical,
Nonvertebral Fracture #EBM ... #PrimaryCare #Endo ... #Alendronate #NEJM
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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glomerulonephritis) • Anti-GBM ... Coronary arteries - Fever ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... diminished, or tender