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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
, acute HIV infection ... Cough, dyspnea - Pneumonia ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... , Lassa fever, acute ... • Abdominal pain
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Chronic alcoholism ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Pleuritic chest pain ... decubitus - air fluid level ... #pulmonary #differential
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... vomiting, abdominal pain ... headache, malaise) → Acute ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... Differential Diagnosis: Viral
Peritonsillar Abscess on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

A 19yo female presents with pain and fever. Based
Peritonsillar Abscess ... presents with pain ... and fever. ... which is the best management ... #POCUS #Clinical
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... renal failure Clinical ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... anterior/posterior MSK
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
of Acute Exacerbation ... CBC, vitamin D level ... complete respiratory viral ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... , chest pain • ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... or chronic pulmonary ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... swelling, significant pain ... not possible • Ultrasound ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... Gout #diagnosis #management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Chronic toxicity ... (e.g., chronic ... Fever 4. ... Pleuritic chest pain ... #diagnosis #management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
X-ray and lung ultrasound ... workup or TSH level ... 60 mg q6 - Chronic ... signs, clinical ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management