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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 ... #Risk #Stratification ... #Fever #RebelEM
“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 ... #Fever
IDSA Algorithm for the Initial Management of Fever and Neutropenia

LOW RISK
 • Antidpated neutropenia < 7
IDSA Algorithm for ... the Initial Management ... LOW RISK • ... #IDSA #Algorithm ... #Management
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
Suggested algorithm for follow-up of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)
Mayo Clinic Risk Stratification Model. CBC,
Suggested algorithm ... significance (MGUS) Mayo Clinic ... Risk Stratification ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #multiplemyeloma
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
transfused patientsl • Risk ... factors: Critical ... explain symptoms • Fever ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology ... #diagnosis #comparison
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Oroya Fever Hematologic ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... toxo reactivation Clinical ... Supportive and antibiotics ... #diagnosis #management
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
- Patients at risk ... most common (63%) Clinical ... but rare triad: Fever ... Surgical drainage - Antibiotics ... Abscess #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... pneumonia • DM risk ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers
Suggested algorithm for bone marrow biopsy and skeletal imaging in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined
Suggested algorithm ... IgM MGUS, low-risk ... whom there are no clinical ... #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #multiplemyeloma