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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
and bacterial infections ... Non-Infectious Causes ... disease • Behcet's syndrome ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... receptor-associated periodic syndrome
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Causes of Fever ... Lemierre's syndrome ... Brucellosis, Q fever ... Malignancy: - Hematologic ... , Factitious fever
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... mountain spotted fever ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology ... #rheumatology #
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
pharyngeal erythema, fever ... pharyngeal erythema, fever ... Sudden onset of fever ... pruritic rash, fever ... -> Fever, cough
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
disease • Periodic fever ... multiorgan failure • Fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology ... #Rheumatology
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Onset Fever - Differential ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... disease • Drug fever ... #Fever #Acute
Adult Onset Still's Disease - Yamaguchi Criteria
Major criteria:
 - Fever >= 39C lasting >= 1 weeks
criteria: - Fever ... with concomitant fever ... criteria: - Infection ... Epstein-Barr viral infection ... #Major #Minor #Rheumatology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
menstrual - Recent procedures ... - Infection exposure ... : INR/PT, aPTT(liver ... or if a primary hematologic ... #Workup #hematology
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes ... of Fever CRITICAL ... - Transplant rejection ... DIAGNOSES - Drug fever ... #Fever #Noninfectious
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
	•
parvovirus B19 infection ... parvovirus B19 infection ... • Rheumatic fever ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology