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Standardized Physical Abuse Guideline
<6 months of age
 • Social work consult
 • Skeletal survey
 • Head
• Social work ... • Troponin for infants ... AST or ALT> 80, signs ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis
Erythematous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH

Characterized by diffuse redness of the skin due to
capillary congestion, erythematous
the Nikolsky sign ... syndrome (SSS) in infants ... includes Kawasaki ... disease, scarlet ... or Nikolsky sign
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Kawasaki and Incomplete Kawasaki Disease:
Diagnosis
* Fever >5d
* Criteria (4/5)
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Disease: Diagnosis ... * Fever >5d * ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Kawasaki #Disease ... #Criteria #Workup
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Infants ≤6 months ... dL, anemia for age ... clinical and lab signs ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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abdominal pain • Kawasaki ... Takayasu: - Age ... purpura: strong sign ... testes -> pain, infarct ... #rheumatology #classification
Pediatrics Sepsis Screening
SIGNS OF INFECTION?
 • Fever (>38C)
 • Hypothermia (<36C)
 • Cough/chest pain/respiratory distress
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Pediatrics Sepsis ... • Fever (>38C) ... CONDITIONS • Age ... neuromuscular disease ... #peds #diagnosis