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Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Infants #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics ... #Risk #Stratification
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Febrile #Infant ... #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
The Febrile Infant ... to identify low-risk ... respectively, were as ... 92.0% and 46.9% #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds
Clinical Algorithm for Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of UTI in Febrile Infants and Young Children

Urinary
Clinical Algorithm ... Management of UTI in Febrile ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Febrile #Infant ... #Peds #UrinaryTract
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... are not a major risk ... Workup #hematology #diagnosis ... #algorithm #hematology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... postoperative cardiac ... stratification #diagnosis
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Scoping Summary
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (VARICEAL-B):
V - Vasoconstrictor therapy: (Octreotide 50mcg bolus
2-5 days) A - Antibiotics ... acquired/vasoactive meds ... Resuscitation/Restrictive (Critical ... Summary #Endoscopy #diagnosis ... #management #algorithm
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
if they have no clinical ... , elevation of ALT ... purposes of this algorithm ... those >day 10 with clinical ... #Diagnosis #Peds
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
symptom 3-12% • Cardiac ... in <35% • AST/ALT ... 7-28% -> Incr risk ... Evaluation #Guide #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Protocol
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
deposition of fibrils ... Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... Cardiac: • LVH ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram