15. Fever DSAs

Question 1

Fever is a rise in body temperature due to endogenous cytokines, low cut off is 37.4-38. There is universal agreement that what temperature is represents a fever?

Answer 1

38.3C = 100.9

Question 2

Common causes of fever include infection, autoimmune DO, CNS disease and malignancy. Infection with what?

Answer 2

bacterial infection

Question 3

Lymphomas are the main malignancy associated with fever (non and hodgkin lymphoma), inflammatory reactions including giant (temporal) cell arteritis and what are the most common?

Answer 3

SLE

also IBD

Question 4

High fevers can be associated with CNS infection, NMS, and heat stroke (greater than 105.8)

Answer 4

MEOW

Question 5

Infective endocarditis is usually associated with rheumatic heart disease and can be diagnosed by blood cultures, clinical eval alone is not sufficient, and what is most important for diagnosing endocarditis?

Answer 5

Transesophageal Echocardiography

Question 6

HF and myocarditis are commonly associated with fever. Myocarditis usually happesn after and URI, commonly presents with acute?

Answer 6

heart failure without any antecedent symptoms

Question 7

Vasculitis is also common cause of fever in clinical. Pts usually present with systemic/ constitutional symptoms with evidence 0f single/multi organ dysfunction. symptoms include?

Answer 7

fever
fatigue
weight loss
and arthralgias

Question 8

What vasculitis is MC associated with upper and lower respiratory tract symptoms, renal insufficiency, skin lesions and visual disturbances?

Answer 8

Wegeners (granulomatosis with polyangitis)

Question 9

What vasculitis is MC associated with palpable purpura, macules, vesicles, bullae and urticaria?

Answer 9

Microscopic polyangiitis

Question 10

What vasculitis is MC associated with fever, HTN, myalgias, abdominal pain, hematuria, CHF, GI bleeding and orchitis?

Answer 10

Polyarteritis Nodosa (Hep B)

Question 11

Fever of unknown origin is defined as >38.3C, illness duration of longer than 3 weeks, no immunocompromised state, and dx remains uncertain after?

Answer 11

Hx

Physical

Question 12

Nosocomial infections are from the hospital, with an increasing chance of it being multi drug resistant such as extended spectrum beta lactamase producing bacteria (ESBL), vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE), and?

Answer 12

methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)