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Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
FUO) - Further Workup ... • CNS symptoms ... thin smear • Signs ... node biopsy • Clinical ... UnknownOrigin #workup
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... bacterial infection Cardinal ... Symptoms: • Fever ... without localizing signs ... or symptoms - Malaria
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
inflammatory cells) Clinical ... Constitutional: Fever ... lupus pernio • Cardiac ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Pulmonary
D-Sign in a lady with Massive PE - The LV should always be round like a
D-Sign in a lady ... Ghali @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #DSign #MassivePE
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... Clinical History ... : - Fever, weight ... hypertension) - Symptoms ... #Differential #
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... investigations depending on clinical ... context and signs ... CK-MB, NT-proBNP, cardiac ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic Fever ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... to myosin and cardiac ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #complications
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup ... involvement • Cardiac ... or TEE unless clinical ... dictated by symptoms ... Consider: Spine, CNS, liver
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
failure PBC Signs ... and Symptoms: ... bile ducts Differential ... of pregnancy, Cardiac ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Early and Late Clinical ... arthralgia, headache, fever ... radiculopathy, PN) • Cardiac ... Disease #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms