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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 ... Apgar scores < 7 ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Newborns #Assessment
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Causes of Pediatric ... Diarrhea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Overfeeding • Short ... #Causes #Peds #
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
of chronic diarrhea ... of chronic diarrhea ... specific tests to sort ... the much smaller differential ... #Chronic #Diarrhea
Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Assessment of the ... Child with Chronic ... Other causes should ... #Asthma #Assessment ... #diagnosis #peds
IBD - Assessment of Lack of Response (sLOR) - Differential Diagnosis
Non-inflammatory mechanisms:
 • IBS
 • Fibrostenotic
IBD - Assessment ... Response (sLOR) - Differential ... Diagnosis Non-inflammatory ... Other (bile salt diarrhea ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Kids 4 – 8 Years: Use pain scales with visual cues (Personally I like the OUCHER
scales with visual cues ... ethnicities as shown #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #VisualAnalog #PainScale ... #VAS #Assessment
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... certain foods or meds ... Malabsorptive: • Assessment ... #Diarrhea #Workup ... #diagnosis #differential
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Differential Diagnosis ... onset (acute vs. chronic ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... , seizures) 3) Assessment ... drug history #Diagnosis
Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)

For infants less than one year of age, the Neonatal Infant Pain
Pain Scale (NIPS) uses ... A score of 5 or ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #PainScale ... Infants #NIPS #Assessment
For children greater than one year who are preverbal, a well performing scale is the FLACC
scale is the FLACC score ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... PostOperative #PainScale ... #rFLACC #Assessment