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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
infection, infective endocarditis ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... infection • Abdominal ... mononucleosis, infective endocarditis
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Pregnancy • Fever ... Heart Disease Pulmonary ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever
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 ... Peritonitis #SBP #Abdominal ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Gas
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... Diptheria • Typhoid fever ... Acute rheumatic fever ... Psittacosis • Q fever ... • Yellow fever
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
elevated lactate level ... , abdominal computed ... #Clinical #Derm ... #EM #Radiology # ... Pneumatosis #CT #NEJM
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... w/ septic pulmonary ... • Persistent fever ... Internet Book of Critical ... Care #Endocarditis
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... (SLE) General: Fever ... Pericarditis, Endocarditis ... valve lesions Abdominal
Unexpected source of fever: Liver abscess on point-of-care ultrasound

- Dr. Dan Kim https://twitter.com/dan___kim/status/1016714544352116736

#Liver #Abscess #Hepatic #Clinical
Unexpected source of fever ... point-of-care ultrasound ... Abscess #Hepatic #Clinical ... #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Radiology
Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
Morrison’s Pouch Ever ... Hemorrhage #pocus #ultrasound ... #clinical #abdominalus
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
chronic illness, clinical ... and other non-pulmonary ... with cough and fever ... with low oxygen level ... #Radiology #CXR