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Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
Liver Abscess • ... the bacterial cases ... • Fever in 90% ... & abdominal pain ... cm Continuous fever
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... infection • Abdominal ... pain - Typhoid, ... amebic liver abscess ... Returning #Traveler #differential
Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal ... Cirrhosis with fever ... /abd pain-? ... Diverticular abscess ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Onset Fever - Differential ... Skin Infection Abscess ... • Thoracic • Abdominal ... disease • Drug fever ... #Fever #Acute
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
RUSH exam for fever ... hypotension, abd pain ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... abscess. ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Fever • Anorexia ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... wall painAbdominal ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
Causes of Hypernatremia ... - Differential ... consciousness • No access ... ICU patients • Fever ... Hypernatremia #Nephrology
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... Clinical History: - Fever ... regurgitation - Pain ... #Differential # ... Causes
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Infection: Cellulitis, Abscess ... : - Epidural abscess ... /swelling - Fever ... #differential #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... : • 80% have fever ... Pleuritic chest pain ... decubitus - air fluid level ... #causes #management