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Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... without localizing signs ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
to Infectious Disease ... Diagnosis in a ... rural → Geographic disease ... → Leptospirosis ... Schistosomiasis • Skin
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning Traveler ... B - Body for syndrome ... Non-diarrheal), Skin ... Contacts Infectious Diseases ... Mnemonic #history #diagnosis
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) 
(aka Ritter disease)

#Staphylococcal #Scalded #Skin #Syndrome #SSSS #Diagnosis #Pediatrics #Dermatology #Ritter
Syndrome (SSSS) ... #Syndrome #SSSS ... #Diagnosis #Pediatrics ... #Dermatology #Ritter ... #Disease #Peds
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
 -
Pulmonary Renal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... hemorrhagic fevers, Leptospirosis ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Pulmonary vasculature ... Diseases of the ... #HPS #hepatology ... #pulmonary #diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Nodules, Pulmonary ... Disease and ILD ... Arthritis #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... signs #symptoms
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... Questions @WuidQ #Leptospirosis ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis ... #Illness #Signs
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Multi-system autoimmune disease ... thickening Signs ... calcinosis • Pulmonary ... ), PAH (pulmonary ... #diagnosis #signs
Systemic Sclerosis Associated Autoantibodies
Anti-topoisomerase I (anti-Sc170): Diffuse skin disease, Pulmonary fibrosis
Anti-centromere: Limited skin disease (~93-95%), Pulmonary
disease, Pulmonary ... disease (~93-95% ... ), Pulmonary hypertension ... Autoantibodies #diagnosis ... #rheumatology