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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... leptospirosis • Skin ulcers ... • Abdominal pain ... abscess, visceral ... Returning #Traveler #differential
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Causes of Altered ... • Neoplastic Abscess ... • Skull fracture ... Involvement - Infection ... - Excesses • Liver
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Leg Pain: • Fracture ... Leg Pain: • Infection ... entrapment • Infections ... nails - Skin ulcers
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
reflection on the differential ... perforated peptic ulcer ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... variety of other causes ... #pocus #clinical
Pyogenic liver abscess in children
Common bacterial causes in children:
 • S.aureus
 • Strep spp
 • Enteric
Pyogenic liver abscess ... Common bacterial causes ... from contiguous focus ... sources within abdominal ... children #peds #differential
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute Abdominal ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... • Perforated ulcer ... Urinary tract infection
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... ulcerans (buruli ulcer ... (elevations of liver ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... #differential #