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Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings • ADEM -> Fever ... SOB, fatigue, fever ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #pathophysiology
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
inflammatory cells) Clinical ... : • Disease fatal ... Constitutional: Fever ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Pulmonary
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes of Fever ... CRITICAL DIAGNOSES ... infarction - Pulmonary ... DIAGNOSES - Drug fever ... Postmyocardiotomy syndrome #Fever
Pediatric Discitis - Inflammation of intervertebral disc 
Etiology 
 • Bacterial or viral 
Clinical 
 •
Bacterial or viral Clinical ... Absent or low grade fever ... • Radicular symptoms ... intervertebral #Pediatrics #Peds
Scarlet Fever - Other symptoms include: white coating on the tongue which then peels and leave
Scarlet Fever - ... Other symptoms include ... lymphadenopathy #Clinical ... #Dermatology #Peds
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... • Indolent symptoms ... to rnonths • Fever ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Clinical #CXR
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Clinical triad ... : Fever, Arthralgia ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Diagnosis and Management ... hoarse voice +/- fever ... rhinorrhea, and fever ... cyanosis, decreased level ... #pediatrics #peds
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic Fever ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... inflammation • Fever ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... ARDS to explain symptoms ... • Fever and hypotension ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... edema) • Fever