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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... • Typhus, gram-negative ... Causes: • Still's ... Associated with Relative ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Kawasaki Disease (KD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the most common vasculitis of
Presentation: • Fever ... , Cough • +/-Nausea ... - Fever lasting ... #rheumatology #pediatrics ... #diagnossi #management
Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) vs. Kawasaki Disease
CDC Case Definition for MIS-C;
 • < 21
CDC Case Definition ... years old with fever ... MISC #Kawasaki #Comparison ... #diagnosis #peds ... #pediatrics #COVID19
Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Clinical Algorithm ... Evaluation and Management ... Urinary tract infection ... UTI #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Fever
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... • Exercise • Fever ... Tubular Proteinuria (Negative ... HSP • Post-infectious ... Minimal change disease
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Causes of Myocarditis ... Infectious Myocarditis ... Autoantigens - Infection-negative ... lymphocytic, infection-negative ... #differential #diagnosis
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 ... Infections 2. ... symptoms - Headache, fever ... #rheumatology #comparison
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
features: Fever ... features: Fever ... large infarct - Infectious ... Diseases Fellows ... #Endocarditis #comparison
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... : fever +++, hepatosplenomegaly ... • Autoimmune diseases ... #management #treatment
COVID-19 Infection - Clinical Presentation and Disease Progression for Severe Cases

Via https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-05967-x

#COVID19 #Hospitalization #Disease #Progression #Severe
COVID-19 Infection ... - Clinical Presentation ... for Severe Cases ... #Coronavirus #Diagnosis ... #Management #Timeline