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Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
Findings • ADEM -> Fever ... SOB, fatigue, fever ... N/V, elevated liver ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #pathophysiology
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
GCA is almost never ... old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... : - Fever - ... Temporal #Arteritis #Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
blood donor • Pathophysiology ... ARDS to explain symptoms ... • Fever and hypotension ... pulmonary edema) • Fever ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
 •
• Age (almost never ... Constitutional symptoms ... Arteritis #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic Fever ... inflammation • Fever ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
OPIOID SWITCHING AND TAPERING.

Long term opioid use results in physical (and potentially psychological) dependence. Opioids should
avoid withdrawal symptoms ... Opioid withdrawal symptoms ... include: chills, fever ... tapering #switching #pharmacology
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
phagocytophilum Pathophysiology ... morulae Signs and symptoms ... after bite • Fever
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
confusion and fever ... This is relapsing fever ... tick-borne relapsing fever ... Syndrome: 3d of fever ... Fever recurs over
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
correlates with time of fever ... the chest/trunk Symptoms ... Daily high spiking fever ... - Fever spikes ... Fever of at least
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
Leukostasis: • Pathophysiology ... Dehydration • Symptoms ... - 80% have fever ... Lysis Syndrome: • Pathophysiology ... diagnosis #management #hematology