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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
pain, bloody diarrhea ... Immunocompromised patient: AIDS ... fever, abdominal ... pain 3. ... management #algorithm #workup
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... infection • Abdominal ... pain - Typhoid, ... • Diarrhea - ... Returning #Traveler #differential
Diagnostic criteria for Neutropenic Enterocolitis (NEC)
Major Criteria:
 • Neutropenia (ANC <500 x 10^9 cells/L)
 • Bowel
30mm length) • Fever ... Criteria: • Abdominal ... pain (>3 on visual ... cramping • Diarrhea ... Diagnosis #criteria #hematology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... pain, chronic diarrhea ... vomiting, and diarrhea ... Infections #HIV #AIDS
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
-14 days): • Fever ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea, ... hemorrhage • ARDS
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Fever • Anorexia ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... wall painAbdominal ... #Causes #Differential
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Workup Osmotic ... colonoscopy), Abdominal ... imaging (CT, ultrasound ... #differential #
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Red Flags: • Fever ... lesions • Severe pain ... deficiency Work ... Skin biopsy • Abdominal ... ultrasound #
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Plesiomonas • Fever ... infections can cause fever ... minimal or no fever ... pain and fever ... Norovirus (low-grade fever
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... travel hx, home meds ... Differential Bilat ... Pulmonary edema, ARDS ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound