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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
• Rickettsial diseases ... : • Still's disease ... • Crohn disease ... • Behcet disease ... Legionnaire's disease
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Pregnancy • Fever ... Rheumatic Heart Disease ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Marfan's Disease ... • Rheumatic Fever
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis ... Non-infectious Inflammatory Diseases ... onset Still's disease ... dysfunction, Castleman disease ... , Kikuchi disease
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Other: • Drug fever ... • Infectious endocarditis ... • Lyme disease ... • Whipple's disease
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Bradycardia Cardiac Disease ... Infections: • Lyme disease ... • Chagas disease ... Acute rheumatic fever ... • Yellow fever
Vesiculobullous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 
Vesiculobullous rashes provoke significant angst
in many physicians (Figure 5, page
and a fever may ... disseminated gonococcal disease ... hand-foot-and-mouth disease ... localized lesions and fever ... #Algorithm #Differential
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
or absence of fever ... If fever is present ... includes Kawasaki disease ... , scarlet fever, ... #Febrile #Fever
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Fever and Rash - ... Differential Diagnosis ... gonorrhea, Rickettsial diseases ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Fever ... #Rash #Differential
Petechial/Purpuric Rashes- THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

These rashes can be especially challenging and are
associated with devastating differential
in vasculitic diseases ... petechiae/purpura with fever ... disseminated gonococcal disease ... , endocarditis, ... petechiae/purpura with fever
Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
Algorithm - ... Heart #Disorders #Diseases ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Cardiology #Cyanotic