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Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes ... of Fever CRITICAL ... - Sickle cell disease ... DIAGNOSES - Drug fever ... #Fever #Noninfectious
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Onset Fever - Differential ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... • Sickle Cell disease ... • Drug fever ... #Fever #Acute
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
• Periodic fever ... syndromes Clinical ... multiorgan failure • Fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... #Rheumatology
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Non-Infectious: • Rheumatologic ... Mediterranean Fever ... : EGPA, Horton Disease ... , Takayasu Disease
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Sicca) Syndrome ... • Rheumatic Fever ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... and duration of symptoms ... - Headache, fever ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... deficiency • Liver ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... mountain spotted fever ... #rheumatology #
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
Causes of Anemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pancreatic Disease ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... • Exercise • Fever ... • Fanconi's syndrome ... Minimal change disease ... #Causes
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... angioinvasive disease ... Constitutional symptoms ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases