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CURB-65 Scoring and Treatment Options #Management #Pneumonia #Risk #Stratification #Admission #CURB65 #Criteria #Severity #Score
65 Scoring and Treatment ... Options #Management ... #Stratification ... Admission #CURB65 #Criteria ... #Severity #Score
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
The Febrile Infant ... treatment. http ... and 44.5% - Lab-score ... Diagnosis #EBM #Management ... #Risk #Stratification
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile ... Algorithm #LP #Antibiotics ... #Risk #Stratification
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
further workup and treatment ... calculating the risk ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART ... #Score #MACE #Stratification
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
extremities during febrile ... a sore throat, ... Treatment - Mild ... : NSAIDS Treatment ... #rheumatology #management
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Attempt if high risk ... Prednisone 5mg/kg ... Rare: DAH, acute febrile ... APML #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #oncology
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
•	Non-specific (infections vs non-infectious)
•	≥2 of the following:
o	Temp >38°C or <36°C
o	HR >90 bpm
o	RR
• SOFA score increases ... indicates high risk ... >2 mmol/L Management ... recognition & treatment ... Broad-spectrum antibiotics
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

High mortality without prompt recognition and management. HLH is a critical diagnostic consideration in
recognition and management ... consideration in febrile ... Diagnostic Criteria ... of 8 HLH-2004 criteria ... molecular diagnosis: HScore
If the patient has a HEART Score of 0-3 and a negative initial troponin, have a
patient has a HEART Score ... stratification ... decision-making and HEART Score ... #Management #PatientInfo ... #Cardiology #ChestPain