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COVID-19 Signs and Symptoms at the time of Presentation

Fever
Myalgia
Headache
Rinorrhea
Sore Throat
Dyspnea
Chest Tightness
Cough
Sputum
Hemoptysis
Nausea/Vomiting
Diarrhea

Dr. Josh Farkas @pulmcrit via Internet
Symptoms at the ... Fever Myalgia Headache ... Throat Dyspnea Chest ... Sputum Hemoptysis Nausea ... SARSCoV2 #EBM #Coronavirus
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Differentiate Acute ... be the initial presentation ... life-threatening causes ... #Pericarditis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Presentation
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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the symptomatic presentation ... : • Headache ( ... 32%) Atypical Presentations ... • Severe headache ... Epstein-Barr virus (EBV
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... electrolytes, urea ... clinical context and signs ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
are not caused ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... Otherinitial presentations ... Chronicclinical presentation ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... lesions in other areas ... #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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based on clinical presentation ... : Fever, headache ... Demyelinating disease caused ... periventricular areas ... effect/Edema • EBV
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Mediterranean areas ... by serositis • Acute ... in the knee-to-chest ... Positive Carnett's sign ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
virus • CMV • EBV ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... meningovascular (stroke presentation ... : • Acute meningeal ... signs (fever, nuchal
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, APML, CLL Acute ... • Cytopenia -> BM ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Blast Phase: • Headaches ... Intracellular Urate