How to approach to the patient with fever

How to approach a patient with a fever?

1. Recent traveling: history of recent travel
2. Recent/current hospitalization: new/currently hospitalized
3. Nosocomial infection: Nosocomial infection
4. Recent urinary catheter: recently inserted a urinary catheter
5. Recent procedure: recently had minor surgery/surgery
6. Recent antibiotics: have taken antibiotics recently
7. Recent sick/contact: recently sick/contact with sick person
8. Recent chemotherapy: new chemotherapy
9. Acute HIV: acute HIV infection
10. Malaria: malaria
11. Tuberculosis: tuberculosis
12. Viral hepatitis: viral infection
13. Amebic liver disease: amoebic liver disease
14. Rash/arthritis: rash/arthritis
15. Rheumatoid fever/arthritis: rheumatic fever/rheumatoid arthritis
16. Polyarteritis nodosa: polyarteritis nodosa
17. Imflammatory bowel disease (BD): inflammation of the colon
18. Lymphoma: lymphoma
19. Leukemia: blood cancer
20. Liver metastases: Types of liver metastases
21. Hepatocellular cancer: hepatocellular cancer
22. Renal cell cancer: kidney cancer
23. Pancreatic cancer: pancreatic cancer
24. Adrenal insufficiency: adrenal insufficiency
25. Hyperthyroidism: Hyperthyroidism

Source: The patient history – Chapter 8 Fever – Anjala V. Tess, MD

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