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Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
the Returning Traveler ... ], HBV, hepatitis ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... #History #diagnosis ... #differential
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Infectious Disease Diagnosis ... → Leptospirosis ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #differential ... #Diagnosis #Traveler
Chronic Hepatitis B - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

• Who to treat: Essentially treat the pts with
Chronic Hepatitis ... B - Diagnosis and ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment ... #Hepatology
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning Travelers ... Regions - Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... #differential # ... diagnosis #tropical
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polycythemia Vera • Chronic ... : • Acute or Chronic ... effect following treatment
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... , HBV, HCV, HEV, ... e.g. ascites), Chronic ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Age > 50 • Chronic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • ... borrelia, Rubeola, HBV ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... ) - Returning travelers ... PNA (acute or chronic ... NonResolving #Pneumonia #diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
Ascites - Differential ... Diagnosis Chronic ... (cirrhosis or chronic ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome), HIV-related ... #Diagnosis #hepatology