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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Lung Disease - Differential ... , Nocardia Chronic ... 12 weeks): • Chronic ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary ... #differential
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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reaction - Helminth infection ... aspergillosis - Viral infections ... HIV, HTLVI) - Chronic ... 3, DOCK8) - Chronic ... hypereosinophilia #HE #Differential
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... , leptospirosis ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... Returning #Traveler #differential
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Dissociation Causes ... Bradycardia • Infectious ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... fever • Non-Infectious ... #bradycardia #differential
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
INCREASES 8-10 BPM INFECTIOUS ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... the most likely infection ... help hone your differential ... Dissociation #diagnosis #differential
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal ... Syndromes and Mimics - Differential ... hemorrhagic fevers, Leptospirosis ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary ... Syndromes #Mimics #Differential
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Bronchiectasis - Pulmonary ... Mitral Stenosis - Pulmonary ... #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Causes #Table
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Sensory Changes - Differential ... Weakness • Cardio-pulmonary ... • Anemia • Chronic ... #Differential #
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... - Differential ... - Systemic: Chronic ... Autoimmune, OSA Chronic ... Encephalopathy #Differential