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Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... 30048576/ #Faget #Sign ... #Pulse #Temperature ... #differential #diagnosis
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... • Drug Fever CLINICAL ... #Fagets #Sign #Pulse ... #Dissociation #diagnosis
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
Biphasic Illness ... of Leptospirosis ... rash • Others: nausea ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis ... #Illness #Signs
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
infections, a common cause ... Infections: • Leptospirosis ... of malaria diagnosed ... culture; rapid diagnostic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
who lives or has traveled ... acute febrile illness ... or undetectable pulse ... perfusion >2 seconds, pulse ... classification #diagnosis
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential Diagnosis ... → Syncope • Signs ... - Decreased pulse ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #stroke
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
on her chest (photo ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... pericarditis (this case ... PhysicalExam #Video #Clinical
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
rigors, diarrhea, nausea ... sick contacts, travel ... illness. ... Fulminans #Skin #Rash #clinical ... #photo
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
- Differential Diagnosis ... Non-Infectious Causes ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... - Temperature Pulse ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... immunosuppression, travel ... partially seen shred sign ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical