Fever



Fever





Differential Diagnosis of Fever


















































Infection


Bacterial




Meningitis, upper/lower respiratory infections (e.g., pneumonia, tuberculosis), endocarditis, cholecystitis, appendicitis, cellulitis, diverticulitis, upper and lower genitourinary infections



Viral




Common cold, HIV, mononucleosis, hepatitis



Fungal, rickettsial, parasitic


Collagen vascular disease


Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, lupus, polyarteritis nodosa, sarcoidosis, temporal arteritis, vasculitis


Malignancy


Leukemia, lymphoma, renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer


Medications


Anesthetics, antibiotics, anticholinergics, antipsychotics, lithium, steroids, tricyclic antidepressants, thyroid hormone, alcohol withdrawal


Central nervous system


Head trauma, mass lesions


Cardiovascular


Myocardial infarction, deep venous thrombosis, thrombophlebitis, pulmonary embolism


Gastrointestinal


Hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease


Endocrine


Acute adrenal insufficiency, gout, thyroid storm, pheochromocytoma


Hyperthermia


Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, heat stroke, anesthetic hyperthermia


Psychiatric


Serotonin syndrome, factitious fever


Miscellaneous


Atelectasis, transfusion reaction, transplant rejection, tissue injury, hematoma, IV lines

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Jul 26, 2016 | Posted by in PSYCHIATRY | Comments Off on Fever

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