Level 2: Fever – Chief Complaint: Expert Panel DDX

How does your differential compare with the experts?

What questions will comprise your initial history?

Experts’ DDX:

  1. Infectious (bacterial, viral, fungal)
    1. HIV/AIDS
    2. Hepatitis
    3. Pneumonia
    4. Gynecological infections
    5. Sinusitis
    6. Mononucleosis
    7. UTI/pyelonephritis/cystitis
    8. Influenza
    9. Meningitis
    10. MRSA
    11. Staph infection
  2. Non-infectious – Malignant
    1. Lymphoma
    2. Leukemia
  3. Non-infectious – Non-Malignant
    1. Inflammatory (autoimmune)
      1. SLE (lupus)
      2. Still ’s disease
      3. Rheumatoid arthritis
      4. Inflammatory bowel disease – Crohn’s
      5. Autoimmune hepatitis
    2. Non-inflammatory
      1. DVT