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Newborn Assessment - APGAR Score

Assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated
Newborn Assessment ... Assessment of newborn ... scale evaluated at 1 ... Apgar scores < 7 ... #Diagnosis #Peds
The vital first ten minutes: Apgar scores and risks of cerebral palsy and epilepsy
#APGAR #pediatrics #peds
minutes: Apgar scores ... APGAR #pediatrics #peds ... epilepsy #newborns #bmj
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea ... - Differential ... Overfeeding • Short ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Opioid Withdrawal Score ... withdrawal is scored ... - vomiting or diarrhea ... multiple episodes of diarrhea ... Buprenorphine #Score
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... certain foods or meds ... Malabsorptive: • Assessment ... fecal elastase-1 ... Workup #diagnosis #differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Interpretation: 1. ... Differentials? ... mmol/L Step 1 ... D D-lactate (short ... acidosis: - Diarrhea
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Abdominal cramps, N/V, diarrhea ... Multi-system illness: 1. ... Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhea ... heat #illness #differential
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Kawasaki Disease 1. ... conditions met: z score ... effusion, or z scores ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Mouth ulcers • Sore ... Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea ... p24 core Ag - Detects ... HIV-2 • HIV-1 ... Phase: • The short
Pustular Skin Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What are pustules?
• Pustules < 5-10 mm + pus
• Material
Skin Lesions - Differential ... (Face/Scalp): 1. ... Inflammatory, pus-filled sore ... Mpox • Starts ... Skin #Lesions #Differential