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Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm No Fever ... Fever, Tachypnea ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... and signs (e.g., fever ... brain lesion • CNS ... arteritis • Acute ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
CNS Infections - ... • Fever • Nuchal ... Maculopapular rash ... Symptoms: • Acute ... meningeal signs (fever
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
- CBC with differential ... Trauma - Acute ... /severe headache ... of infection (fever ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
infection: fever ... at home or at work ... ) - acute angle ... postpartum #Diagnosis ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Chagas Disease - Acute, Chronic and Reactivation 

Acute Chagas
 - 95% asymptomatic
 - Chagoma (Romana's sign),
), nonspecific fever ... chemo, etc - CNS ... - Can have a rash ... #Reactivation #Diagnosis ... #Table
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Lung Diseases • Acute ... initiation of smoking; Fever ... brown sputum, fever ... , wt loss; CV, CNS ... Travel hx, food hx; Fever
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Red Flags: • Fever ... deficiency Work ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
common cause of acute ... Differential diagnosis ... Multiple Sclerosis: CNS ... West Nile virus: Headache ... , fever, & asymmetric
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
With Different Headache ... • Fever - Febrile ... movement deficits (CN ... symptoms #clues #differential ... #diagnosis