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Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Fever Age < 21 ... >= 0.5 ng/mL CRP ... mg/L or ANC > 10000 ... #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Management #StepByStep
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cough, dyspnea, fever ... : Clinical diagnosis ... identified (autoimmune, meds ... steroids for severe disease ... #diagnosis #management
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
Influenza virus Clinical ... prodrome • Fever ... • Aspiration pneumonia ... #Management #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... travel hx, home meds ... interstitial lung disease ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... westermani • Other: TB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... : • Fever • Weight ... cough Pleuritic CP ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... : • Fever • Weight ... cough Pleuritic CP ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
incomplete Kawasaki Disease ... old on day ≥7 of fever ... and lab signs (CRP ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... Change in clinical ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis