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Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Onset Fever - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Fever of Unknown ... Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... Venous duplex or ... CTA • Liver lesions ... Liver biopsy •
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... ICH, Cerebral venous ... Hypoxia, Uremia, Liver ... #Causes #neurology
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Continuous Fever ... Non-Infectious Causes ... neutropenia Typhus Inversus ... Brucellosis • Liver
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
symptoms (HA, nausea ... history (cardiac, liver ... history #Diagnosis #EM ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Renal Failure • Liver ... Epstein-Barr Virus ... #causes
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
Portal venous gas ... hepatic portal venous ... variety of other causes ... ultrasound #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
• Person who lives ... days and presents fever ... and no apparent focus ... Liver enlargement ... organs #dengue #fever
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Headache (45%) • Fever ... Hepatomegaly - Liver ... elevation • Nausea ... 14%), in which case ... subset counts ↓ • Liver
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
S/sx: Fever, flank ... Causes purpura & ... Associated Graft Versus ... Sx include: fever ... eruptions, diarrhea, liver