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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... • Rickettsial diseases ... : • Dengue fever ... ) • Dengue • ... #Patterns #Differential
Dengue Illness - Clinical Course of the Disease - Febrile, Critical, Recovery phases
 • Days of
Dengue Illness - ... Course of the Disease ... Laboratory changes • Serology ... and Virology #Dengue ... #Fever #Progression
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... , Drug fever ... #bradycardia #differential
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... , Drug fever ... bradycardia #Causes #differential
Kawasaki Disease

Diagnostic criteria: 5-day fever PLUS four of the following…
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Bilateral conjunctivitis
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Cervical lymph
Kawasaki Disease ... criteria: 5-day fever ... lips/strawberry tongue ... feet #Kawasaki #Disease
Bilateral LMN palsy with tongue weakness, wasting and fasciculations.  →  Bulbar motor Neuron disease

Note
LMN palsy with tongue ... Bulbar motor Neuron disease ... Note the wrinkled tongue ... @bobvarkey #tongue ... clinical #video #neurology
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
• Typhoid Fever ... Typhoid Fever (S ... Dengue Fever NOTE ... help hone your differential ... Dissociation #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Origin (FUO) - Differential ... onset Still's disease ... dysfunction, Castleman disease ... , Kikuchi disease ... #Origin #FUO #Differential
Mosquito Borne Diseases
 - Dengue
 - Yellow Fever
 - Zika
 - Chikungunya
 - Malaria

- VA Joint
Mosquito Borne Diseases ... - Dengue - Yellow ... Fever - Zika ... Mosquito #Borne #Diseases
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Fever in the Returning ... bites: malaria, dengue ... travellers' diarrhea, dengue ... biphasic): malaria, dengue ... History #diagnosis #differential