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Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Positive Tourniquet test ... , Abdominal pain ... #Diagnosis #Management
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
and Management ... Abdominal pain; ... Criteria - Either ... #algorithm #management ... #criteria #Tropheryma
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... and a palpable abdominal ... night sweats, fever ... initial test: abdominal
Diagnosing Brucellosis
Epidemiological Exposures
- Endemic Regions
- Clinical Micro Lab Technicians
- Animal/Vaccine Exposure: Vets, Slaughterhouse workers, hunters
- Unpasteurized
Diagnosing Brucellosis ... Constitutional: Fevers ... Tests: - CBC ... Transaminitis - Radiology ... #Criteria #Workup
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
independent prognostic value ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurements #Criteria
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Rome IV Criteria ... - Recurrent abdominal ... cultures, but test ... missing things" → fewer ... Balloon Expulsion Test
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
days and presents fever ... the following criteria ... positive tourniquet test ... Intense abdominal ... classification #diagnosis
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
- Nonremitting fever ... Liver function tests ... Histopathologic criteria ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
night sweats, fever ... Differential Diagnosis ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers ... #management #cardiology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... mild (malaise, fever ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... Confirmatory Tests