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A System for Cerebrovascular Disease #Diagnosis #EM #Neuro #CVA #Stroke #Classification #Types #Frequency #Ddxof
Cerebrovascular Disease ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #CVA #Stroke #Classification ... Types #Frequency #Ddxof
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
uncharacterized fevers ... Consider BCx, CSF ... #Peds #EM #Classification ... #Fever #SBI #SeriousBacterialIllness ... #Ddxof
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Lyme Disease: Early ... Localized • EM ... arthralgia, headache, fever ... days-weeks after EM ... #diagnosis #signs
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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• Symptoms: Fever ... • Symptoms: Fever ... Imaging: - MRI ... Demyelinating disease ... effect/Edema • EBV
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
active ROM +/- fever ... necrosis, Lyme disease ... cervical, anal Cxs ... results *** MH/CCF ... /CWRU EM Res @MetroHealth_EM
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... super-antigen mediated disease ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Brucellosis - Dengue, EBV ... MCTD - Bechet disease
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF ... oligoclonal bands • MRI ... pain and GN Anti-GBM ... chorioretinitis, CNS
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Endocarditis - Diagnosis ... /cardiac valve disease ... predisposition/lVDU, Fever ... organisms - MH/CCF ... /CWRU EM Res @MetroHealth_EM
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... low glucose) CNS ... are common but fever ... half. absence of fever ... University Infectious Diseases