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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... liver abscess, visceral ... Splenomegaly - Visceral
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Continuous Fever ... (Step ladder: fever ... • Visceral leishmaniasis ... or no fever
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad: Fever ... Complications: MAS, Visceral ... hepatitis • Pulmonary
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Pregnancy • Fever ... Heart Disease Pulmonary ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Visceral Leishmaniasis ... 2-6 months • Fever ... TheIDtrivia #Visceral
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes of Fever ... infarction - Pulmonary ... Transfusion reaction - Pulmonary ... DIAGNOSES - Drug fever ... Postmyocardiotomy syndrome #Fever
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
Constitutional: Fever ... polyarthritis • Pulmonary ... Symptoms #Signs #Pulmonary
Paradoxical Breathing in Flail Chest

Video via Dr. Carlos Romero

#Flail #Chest #Paradoxical #Breathing #Pulmonary #Respiratory #clinical #video
Flail Chest Video ... Paradoxical #Breathing #Pulmonary ... Respiratory #clinical #video
Fingernail Clubbing on Physical Exam

#Fingernail #Clubbing #PhysicalExam #clinical #video #pulmonary #nail
PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #pulmonary #nail
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
to rnonths • Fever ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary