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IDSA - Conventional Criteria for the Diagnosis of Sinusitis Based on the Presence of at Least
the Diagnosis of Sinusitis ... or anosmia • Fever ... (for acute sinusitis ... • Cough • Fever ... • Fatigue #sinusitis
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
uncharacterized fevers ... Pneumonia and sinusitis ... Sinusitis uncommon ... Classification #Fever
Antibiotics in Sinusitis - Choosing Wisely

#Antibiotics #Sinusitis #PatientInfo #DecisionAid #Management #Stewardship
Antibiotics in Sinusitis ... #Antibiotics #Sinusitis
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Other: • Drug fever ... • Factitious fever ... Occult abscess • Sinusitis ... • Rheumatic fever
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... Mountain spotted fever ... , Drug fever
Pediatric	Sinusitis	
#Diagnosis #Management #Criteria #Antibiotics #PEMSource
Pediatric Sinusitis
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
initiation of smoking; Fever ... allergies; Cough, SOB, sinusitis ... brown sputum, fever ... Travel hx, food hx; Fever
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Continuous Fever ... (Step ladder: fever ... Intermittent Fever ... or no fever
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Psittacosis, Q fever ... , Typhoid fever, ... , Dengue fever, ... Mountain spotted fever ... , Drug fever
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
Psittacosis • Q Fever ... • Typhoid Fever ... • Drug Fever ... Typhoid Fever (S ... Dengue Fever NOTE