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Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
BPM INFECTIOUS CAUSES ... • Fever OTHER CAUSES ... help hone your differential ... Dissociation #diagnosis #differential ... #causes
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature ... Dissociation Causes ... • Infectious Causes ... #Sign #Pulse #Temperature ... #bradycardia #differential
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis ... - Differential ... Clostridium) • Temperature ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
Tachypnea - Differential ... PVFM) Cardiac Causes ... Hematologic Causes ... : Exercise • Temperature ... Tachypnea #Hyperpnea #Differential
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
- Mnemonic for Causes ... U - Uremia T - Temperature ... AEIOU #Mnemonic #Causes ... encephalopathy #diagnosis #differential
Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve 

Left Shift - decreased unloading of O2 at tissue level (i.e.  increased
alkalosis) - decr temperature ... acidosis) - incr temperature ... #Right #Shift #Differential ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Causes of Urinary ... Incontinence - Differential ... Easily reversible cause ... Precipitated by cold temperature ... #Incontinence #Differential
Causes of Urticaria

Immunoglobulin E (IgE) mediated

 - Aeroallergens

 - Contact allergen

 - Food allergens

 - Insect
Causes of Urticaria ... Elevation of core body temperature ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Mediated #NonIgE #Causes
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
Causes of Hemiplegia ... - Differential ... loss to pain and temperature ... Hemiplegia #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... Loss of pain and temperature ... Loss of pain and temperature ... loss of pain and temperature ... syndromes #lesions #differential