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Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Unilateral: Bell's ... Palsy (70-75%), Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
Bell's Palsy Bell ... an identifiable cause ... Bell’s palsy happens ... The cause is unknown ... associated with viral infections
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... for secondary causes ... drug reaction, infection ... Strongyloides infection ... glucocorticoid treatment
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... play a role in treatment ... pericarditis (select cases ... (IRIS) (not an infection ... #management #treatment
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Organ Specific Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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cytokines Common causes ... reaction - Helminth infection ... disease Rare causes ... CD3-CD4+ T cells ... aspergillosis - Viral infections
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Causes of Diffuse ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pseudotumor - Infectious ... Reed-Sternberg Cells ... #Causes #Hematology
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... 12 000 or <400 cells ... oral antibiotic treatment ... including those caused ... #SSTIs #Algorithm
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Infectious ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... demyelination), Infectious ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes