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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 ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... Antibiotics #Risk #Stratification
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
The Febrile Infant ... empiric antibiotic treatment ... 92.0% and 46.9% #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... Antibiotics #Risk #Stratification
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Key Components: ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... Risk #Evaluation #stratification ... #diagnosis
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Infants ≤6 months ... if they have no clinical ... purposes of this algorithm ... echo is positive, treatment ... #Diagnosis #Peds
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
& Dry) is the treatment ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #table #foamed
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... during Delivery • Stable ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... management #cardiology #treatment
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... the additional component ... last ½ hour • 2 - nausea ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment