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Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative Bradycardia ... , Typhoid fever, ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... Dissociation #relative #bradycardia ... #differential #
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative Bradycardia ... , Typhoid fever, ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... #relative #bradycardia ... #Causes #differential
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Travelers from ... Regions - Frequent Differential ... #Returning #Traveler ... #differential # ... diagnosis #tropical #travel
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Traveler - History ... , travellers' diarrhea ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... #Returning #Traveler ... History #diagnosis #differential
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Where did you travel ... → Leptospirosis ... Rabies, cat scratch fever ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #differential
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Acute rheumatic fever ... • Yellow fever ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis ... #differential #
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... • Leptospirosis ... with Relative Bradycardia ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... #Patterns #Differential
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... yersinia/rats, Q fever ... ) - Returning travelers ... diagnosis #pulmonary #differential
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Pneumonia on Lung POCUS ... healthy pt with fever ... POCUS lung exam ... immunosuppression, travel ... Differential Bilat
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Travel Infectious ... international travel ... Infections: • Leptospirosis ... international travelers ... #Travel #Differential