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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Causes: • Still's ... disease • Behcet's syndrome ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... Brucellosis • Liver ... or lung abscess
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Onset Fever - Differential ... • Thoracic • Abdominal ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... disease • Drug fever ... #Fever #Acute
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... pericarditis (select cases ... Severe typhoid fever ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #management #treatment
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic Liver ... months without treatment ... disease, liver ... Brain Failure Lung ... Coagulation Failure Infections
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Clinical • Fever ... • Abdominal ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Management ... • Supportive (infection
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... #Infections #HIV
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... (daptomycin in lungs ... • Secondary to Treatment ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
Liver Abscess • ... 50% of solitary liver ... occur in the right Liver ... • Fever in 90% ... cm Continuous fever
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Differential Diagnosis Infectious ... , Candida Non-Infectious ... Mediterranean Fever ... - Metastatic: Lung