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Algorithm for assessment and management of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) #Management #Peds #PrimaryCare #CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #CAP #Protocol
Algorithm for assessment ... and management ... acquired pneumonia (CAP ... ) #Management #Peds ... CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #CAP
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Neonate

WHY CPAP? 
• Maintain airway patency 
• Helps avoid alveoli
Neonate WHY CPAP ... FOR A BABY ON CPAP ... auscultate for signs ... emmabuxton10 #CPAP ... #ABCs #ABCDE #Peds
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Males=Females SIGNS ... misdiagnosed as CAP ... identified (autoimmune, meds ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... OSA • Continue CPAP ... are needed: • HgbA1c ... , DECREASE V trials ... medical and surgical management
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
Primary Survey: C-ABCDE ... Apnea/poor effort, Signs ... skin, ↑ HR, ↓ cap ... ↓ BP is a late sign ... #management
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
purposes of this algorithm ... lack of tapering, decreased ... clinical and lab signs ... (CRP, ESR) of ongoing ... #Diagnosis #Peds