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Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Factitious fever Periodical ... Fever: Periods ... Hereditary Periodic ... by an afebrile period ... by an afebrile period
Comparison of Pathologic Breathing Patterns
Biot's respiration aka ataxic respiration:
 - Periodic breathing: hyperpnea (or normopnea) and
respiration: - Periodic ... respiration: - Periodic
Phimosis 
Inability to retract the foreskin - Can be normal up to 3 years old -
steroid cream • Periodic
POCUS appearance of periapical dental abscess

- Dr. Dharmesh Shukla
@DrShukla14

#dental #abscess #POCUS #periapical #ultrasound #clinical
appearance of periapical ... abscess #POCUS #periapical
Dental Infections - Periapical Abscess, Periodontal Abscess #Diagnosis #EM #Dental #Periapical #Abscess #Apical #Periodontitis #Diagram #Location
Dental Infections - Periapical ... Diagnosis #EM #Dental #Periapical
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis - Impaired Excretion vs Redistribution

Impaired Urinary Excretion 
 - Renal failure
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- Hyperkalemic periodic
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
• Hypokalemic periodic
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift:
 • Alkalosis
 • ↑ beta-2 adrenergic simulation 
 • Erythropoiesis
• Hypokalemic periodic
Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis - Illness Script
 • Epidemiology: Asian men age 20-30 with hyperthyroidism of any
Thyrotoxic Periodic ... #Thyrotoxic #Periodic
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Insulin • Periodic