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“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... for each of the components ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Antibiotics #Risk #Stratification ... #Fever
Comparison of Fever Algorithms for Infants <3 months old

AGE, INCLUSION, TESTS 
REQUIRED, "LOW RISK" CRITERIA, TREATMENT,
Comparison of Fever ... Algorithms for ... RISK" CRITERIA, TREATMENT ... #Algorithm #Comparison ... #Table #Performance
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Algorithm • Temperature ... • Persistent fever ... • Persistent fever ... after treatment ... #Algorithm #CRBSI
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Key Components: ... or family - Ever ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... medical and surgical management ... Risk #Evaluation #stratification
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
This is an algorithm ... empiric antibiotic treatment ... Diagnosis #EBM #Management ... Antibiotics #Risk #Stratification ... #Fever
Orthopedic Dressing Materials
1. Opsite - semi-permeable-thin, adhesive transparent polyurethrane film 
 • Indications: Superficial wounds as
worn for 3-5 days-fewer ... exudate & harmful components ... Dressings #Materials #management ... #wound #comparison ... #table
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
effects in the treatment ... hypokalemia, phlebitis, fever ... #valleyfever #management ... #treatment #antifungals ... #comparison #table