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Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... uncharacterized fevers ... Consider BCx, CSF evaluation ... #Peds #EM #Classification ... #Ddxof
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
in case of Pneumonia ... healthy pt with fever ... disease, interstitial ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #POCUS #clinical
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential Diagnosis ... have had prior evaluations ... Long-standing vs ... Red Flags: • Fever ... poisoning • Celiac
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... abscessus • Line ... : Clinical Manifestations ... Lung Disease: ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
of unknown cause ... include low-grade fevers ... CLINICAL: • Physical ... • An evaluation ... based on clinical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk Evaluation ... or family - Ever ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
1928, a 32-page long ... the Journal of Clinical ... reasoning during clinical ... evaluations. ... Anemia of renal disease
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
populations) CLINICAL ... bones ... Birbeck granules (EM ... DIAGNOSIS • Imaging ... Histiocytosis #Diagnosis