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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Clues to Infectious ... → Leptospirosis ... Herpesvirus B infection ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
of Relative Bradycardia ... • Infectious ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... fever • Non-Infectious ... Dissociation #relative #bradycardia
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Bradycardia - Note ... Infectious: Legionella ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... #Causes #differential
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Drugs • ICP / Infections ... Cimetidine Infections ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis ... Spondylarthropathies Other causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Causes: • Still's ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... Dengue fever • Leptospirosis ... with Relative Bradycardia ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy
Drug - Dose range - Onset/oeak/duration - Side effects
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- Labetalol - Bradycardia ... , tachycardia, nausea ... hypotension, lupus-like syndrome ... , warmth along injection ... - Urapidil - Nausea
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
region Viral Syndromes ... , a common cause ... ; dengue shock syndrome ... capillary leak syndrome ... : • Leptospirosis
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Loss Unilateral, Painful ... Retro-orbital hematoma, Infection-including ... neuropathy Bilateral, Painful ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Genital Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated - Vesicles:
 • Herpes simplex
Elevated - Papules / Plaques -
Papules / Plaques - Infectious ... ) • Reiter's syndrome ... Erosions/Ulcers - Painful ... ) • Behcet's syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
Causes of Anterior ... Posner-Schlossman Syndrome ... • Infectious: ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #ophthalmology