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The Febrile Child - some diagnostic clues to evaluating the febrile child.

#Febrile #Fever #Evaluation #Assessment #Signs
Febrile Child - some diagnostic ... Fever #Evaluation #Assessment ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Signs and Symptoms of Toxidromes

Sympathomimetic / GABAergic withdrawal 
Cholinergic 
Anticholinergic 
Opioid withdrawal 
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome 
Serotonin
Signs and Symptoms ... Toxidromes #Comparison #Table ... Sympathomimetics #Diagnosis ... #Toxicology
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Symptoms are non-specific:
 - Headache 90%
 - Nausea/vomiting 50%
 - Vertigo 50%
 - Altered
Monoxide Poisoning Symptoms ... affected (inc pets ... Outdoors improves symptoms ... Monoxide #Poisoning #Toxicology ... #diagnosis #management
Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Assessment of the ... and frequency of symptoms ... Chronic #Asthma #Assessment ... #diagnosis #peds
Nerve agent exposure is a generalized whole-body exposure. Similar to organophosphates, symptoms and signs result from
organophosphates, symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Toxicology ... SignsSymptoms #Table
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
syndrome (set of symptoms ... antihistamines #Diagnosis ... #Toxicology #Toxidromes ... #Comparison #Table
CRIES is a 10-point scale, using a physiologic basis similar to APGAR: Crying; Requires increased oxygen
1995) CRIES (Table ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... PostOperative #Assessment
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
• 0 - able to ... still, but is able ... accounted for by cold symptoms ... stool • 0 - no GI symptoms ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis
For children greater than one year who are preverbal, a well performing scale is the FLACC
Consolability (Table ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... PainScale #rFLACC #Assessment
Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)

For infants less than one year of age, the Neonatal Infant Pain
to detect pain (Table ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... Infants #NIPS #Assessment