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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... disease • Behcet's syndrome ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... receptor-associated periodic syndrome ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
or absence of fever ... If fever is present ... disease, scarlet fever ... but without a fever ... Nikolsky #Febrile #Fever
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
Clinical Manifestations of Serotonin Syndrome
 • Ophthalmologic: Mydriasis, Ocular clonus (slow horizontal movements)
 • Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea,
Manifestations of Serotonin Syndrome ... Cardiovascular and vital sign ... : Tachycardia, Fever ... ucsdim #Serotonin #Syndrome ... Symptoms #spectrum #signs
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Hyperthyroidism Fever ... • Rheumatic fever ... SLE, Rheumatic fever ... stenosis - Rheumatic fever ... • New murmur, fever
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Illness Script Signs ... if neutropenic fever ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #hematology
Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection (PIMS-TS)
Clinical features
all: fever > 101.3 F
most: oxygen
Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome ... features all: fever ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... coronavirus #diagnosis #Signs
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Clinical • Fever ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Management ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis #Management
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Guillain Barre Syndrome ... sensory symptoms or signs ... dysfunction, Absence of fever ... Sharp sensory level ... nervous system signs
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
(SLE) General: Fever ... Demyelinating syndromes ... erythematosus #signs ... symptoms #diagnosis #rheumatology