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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... , Lassa fever, acute ... infection • Abdominal ... pain - Typhoid, ... amebic liver abscess
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Onset Fever - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Skin Infection Abscess ... disease • Drug fever ... #Fever #Acute
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
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
RUSH exam for fever ... hypotension, abd pain ... Diagnosis? ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... Algorithm Look ... : R/O cardiac, pulmonary ... #Abdominal #Pain
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Algorithm Benign ... Pregnancy • Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic ... Algorithm Whipple's ... , weight loss, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea ... cognitive deficits • Fever
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... to Acute Interstitial ... triad (<10%): fever ... MatthewHoMD #Acute ... #diagnosis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... potentially be an acute ... • Fever • Anorexia ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... aneurysms • Acute
Acute Schistosomiasis: Katayama Fever
 • Most common in travelers and children
 • "Swimmers Itch" in the
Acute Schistosomiasis ... : Katayama Fever ... exposure) • Fever ... pain, headache, ... Schistosomiasis #Katayama #Fever