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Practical Pediatric Viral Rash Algorithm

Child presenting with rash and current/ recent symptoms of viral illness but
Algorithm Child ... five days and no signs ... symptoms of sepsis or meningitis ... is the likely diagnosis ... #Viral #Algorithm
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Maculopapular rash ... Acute meningeal signs ... • Uveitis • Rash ... #neurology #meningitis
Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm
Pathophysiology:
- Catch-all term with a wide range of potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and causative
Maculopapular - Diagnostic ... Algorithm Pathophysiology ... Ill-appearing, vital sign ... Mucocutaneous or ocular ... #Dermatology #Rash
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm True ... symptoms/signs, ... Infection • Meningitis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... • Meningeal signs ... infection (e.g., meningitis ... #Algorithm #neurology
ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
Approach to Fever and Rash ... - Diagnostic Algorithm ... RMSF, Neisseria meningitidis ... ), Vasculitis Nodular ... #Algorithm #Schema
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
- Impinges on ocular ... Impaired extra-ocular ... thrombosis -> Meningitis ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential Diagnosis ... meningeal irritation signs ... glaucoma - Ocular ... #ophthalmology ... #Neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... lesions, aseptic meningitis ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #management #signs
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
Syphilis - Rash ... and/or aseptic meningitis ... - Ocular syphilis ... have positive serology ... Latent #Tertiary #Diagnosis