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Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Algorithm • Temperature ... Antibiotic Management ... • Persistent fever ... • Persistent fever ... #Algorithm #CRBSI
Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
#Diagnosis #Management ... Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics ... Stratification #Fever
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... to rnonths • Fever ... : • Empiric antibiotics ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Clinical #CXR
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Campylobacter Clinical ... • Fever • ... Guillain-Barré syndrome Management ... self-limited) • Antibiotics ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis #Management
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
initiation of smoking; Fever ... brown sputum, fever ... Variable) - NSAIDs, antibiotics ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #comparison
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Consider empiric antibiotic ... Bloody diarrhea, fever ... Acute #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
components of the algorithm ... an infant with fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #LP #Antibiotics ... Stratification #Fever
IDSA Algorithm for the Initial Management of Fever and Neutropenia

LOW RISK
 • Antidpated neutropenia < 7
IDSA Algorithm for ... the Initial Management ... of Fever and Neutropenia ... #IDSA #Algorithm ... #Management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
IDSA Algorithm for Neutropenic Fever - Initial Management, Subsequent Management and Prolonged Fever
Figure 1. Initial management
IDSA Algorithm for ... days of empirical antibiotic ... days of empirical antibiotics ... >7 days or • Clinically ... #IDSA #Algorithm