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Newborn Assessment - APGAR Score

Assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated
Newborn Assessment ... Apgar scores < 7 ... there is increased risk ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #APGAR
Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)

For infants less than one year of age, the Neonatal Infant Pain
Neonatal Infant ... A score of 5 or ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #PainScale ... #NIPS #Assessment
CRIES is a 10-point scale, using a physiologic basis similar to APGAR: Crying; Requires increased oxygen
construct in assessing neonatal ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #PainScale ... #Neonatal #CRIES ... PostOperative #Assessment
Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Febrile Infants #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile ... #Antibiotics #Risk ... Stratification #Fever
Pediatric UTI Algorithm (2-24 months of age)

Risk stratify with UTI Calc: 
 - Age months
Pediatric UTI Algorithm ... - No other fever ... UTI #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Management #UrinaryTractInfection ... #Peds #Risk #Stratification
Threshold for Initiating Exchange Transfusion by Risk Stratum. Bhutani et al. Pediatrics. 1999.

#Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Management
Transfusion by Risk ... Pediatrics. 1999 ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Neonatal #Jaundice
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
an infant with fever ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile ... Stratification #Fever
Assess risk for developing subsequent neurotoxicity.

This will tell you: a) phototherapy or b) exchange transfusion

#Peds #Pediatrics
Assess risk for ... transfusion #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Diagnosis ... #Management #Neonatal ... Hyperbilirubinemia #Risk
For children greater than one year who are preverbal, a well performing scale is the FLACC
scale is the FLACC score ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #PostOperative ... #PainScale #rFLACC ... #Assessment
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... effusion, or z scores ... within 10 d of fever ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki